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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3950
Title:: Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert's race-horse, 'Beggar Girl', standing on the race course at Hazaribagh
Scope & Content:: Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert’s race-horse, ‘Beggar Girl’, standing on the race course at Hazaribagh, with cloud-capped hills in the distance. Inscribed on front in sky in pencil: ‘No. 2’; and in ink below: ‘Beggar Girl with a view of the Race Course at Hazarreebaug.’ ‘426’ by 655 mm. Note: Gilb...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3957
Title:: Bird-catcher carrying bamboo sticks, bird lime and a bag, with baby birds (storks?) peeping out of the bag. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s) studio of
Scope & Content:: Bird-catcher carrying bamboo sticks, bird lime and a bag, with baby birds (storks?) peeping out of the bag. A landscape in the background with a bird catcher crouching beneath a tree. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Cherreman’; and numbered: ‘25.’ 269 by 211 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1830-1835
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3963
Title:: A watercarrier (bhisti) with his bullock and water-skins
Scope & Content:: A watercarrier (‘bhisti’) with his bullock and water-skins. Inscribed on front: ‘A Bheastie, a man that brings water round by a Bullock. the bags are made of Pig’s skin.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3971
Title:: Man in loin-cloth driving three donkeys loaded with bricks. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), attributed to
Scope & Content:: Man in loin-cloth driving three donkeys loaded with bricks. Water-colour; 228 by 190 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1807-1810
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3978
Title:: Spotted Owlet
Scope & Content:: Spotted Owlet. Inscribed on front in nagari characters: ‘ulu’ (owl). Water-colour; 228 by 159 mm. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1967-69, see M. Archer ‘Indian miniatures and folk paintings,’ London, 1967, no.50.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1810
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3979
Title:: Young maina
Scope & Content:: Young maina. Inscribed on front in nagari characters..... Water-colour; 228 by 158 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1810
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3980
Title:: Maina
Scope & Content:: Maina. Inscribed on front in nagari characters: ‘maina’ Water-colour; 228 by 178 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1810
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3981
Title:: Chamelion on a branch
Scope & Content:: Chamelion on a branch. Water-colour; 184 by 222 mm. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1967-69, see M Archer, ‘Indian miniatures and folk paintings’ (London, 1967) no.49.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1810
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3986
Title:: Elephant climbing rocky hillside; an Indian gentleman firing a gun from the howdah
Scope & Content:: Elephant climbing rocky hillside; an Indian gentleman firing a gun from the howdah. In front of him a seated mahout, behind him a standing attendant.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1830
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3987
Title:: Elephant ascending rocky ground; an Indian gentleman with gun standing in the howdah
Scope & Content:: Elephant ascending rocky ground; an Indian gentleman with gun standing in the howdah; an attendant seated behind him, a second attendant standing on the elephant’s hind-quarters.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1830
Extent:: 1 Item

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