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71. Add Or 2549

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2549
Title:
Two tailors at work.. Artist(s): Tuni Lal (fl. c.1840-1850), attributed to
Scope & Content:
Two tailors at work seated on a striped rug. Water-colour; 10.75 by 8.5 ins
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1850
Extent:
1 Item

72. Add Or 2551

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2551
Title:
A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder.. Artist(s): Kapur Singh (fl.1866)
Scope & Content:
A Punjabi post-runner with a satchel of letters hanging from a spear over his shoulder. By Kapur Singh, an Amritsar artist. 15 October 1866. Inscribed by Augustus Honner on album page: ‘Kupoor Sing of Umritsar 15/10/66’; on mount: ‘A dak Runner or Postman - where there is no ‘mail cart’. The...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 Item

73. Add Or 2552

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2552
Title:
A Kashmiri woman carrying a small bag.
Scope & Content:
A Kashmiri woman carrying a small bag. By an Amritsar artist, 1866. Inscribed on original album page: ‘Cashmere Woman.’ Water-colour; 6.25 by 4.25 ins, with mount 8.5 by 6.5 ins. Purple mount with red and blue rules.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 Item

74. Add Or 2554

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2554
Title:
A Muslim scholar, greeted by an ascetic.
Scope & Content:
A Muslim scholar, greeted by an ascetic, is seated reading a book; another book is lying on a bookrest. Inscribed: ‘34.’ Gouache; 9.75 by 7 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 Item

75. Add Or 2555

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2555
Title:
A mounted spearman, perhaps a Maratha.
Scope & Content:
A mounted spearman, perhaps a Maratha. Inscribed: ‘36.’ Gouache; 10 by 7.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 Item

76. Add Or 2556

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2556
Title:
Admiral Hughes, holding his tree-corned hat in his had, stands facing Mrs. Oakeley who wears a panniered dress and elaborate feathered head-dress.
Scope & Content:
Admiral Hughes, holding his three-cornered hat in his hand, stands facing Mrs Oakeley who wears a panniered dress and elaborate feathered head-dress. Inscribed: ‘Admiral Hughs & Mrs. Oakeley. 64.’ Gouache; 10 by 7.5 ins. Note: Admiral Sir Edward Hughes (1720?-94) was Commander-in-Chief, E...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 Item

77. Add Or 2557

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2557
Title:
A grasshopper, painted on a letter form Ishwari Prasad to W.G.Archer.. Artist(s): Ishwari Prasad (c.1870-1950)
Scope & Content:
A grasshopper, painted on a letter from Ishwari Prasad to W.G. Archer. Water-colour; 8 by 5.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

78. Add Or 2558

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2558
Title:
A large tiger with red tongue, brown skin and black spots.- Satya Pir.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
A large ‘tiger’ with red tongue, brown skin and black spots mounted by a figure in red jacket, holding a rosary and club. The archway of a shrine above. Note: Identified by the artist as the tigers’god, Satya Pir.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

79. Add Or 2559

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2559
Title:
Muslim devotees before a shrine of a pir. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
Muslim devotees, one on the left with pointed beard, two on the right with straggly beards, sitting holding ‘sacred’ books beside the shrine of a Muslim ‘pir’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item

80. Add Or 2560

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2560
Title:
A yellow tiger with black spots, whiskers and ear-rings mounted by a small figure in red jacket and blue scarf.. Artist(s): Jogendra Chitrakar (fl.1945)
Scope & Content:
A large yellow ‘tiger’ with black spots, whiskers and ear-rings mounted by a small figure in red jacket and blue scarf, waving an iron circle and holding a small club. The tassels of a shrine hanging from above.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 Item