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11. Add Or 586

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 586
Title:
Muharram festival; scene in the Imambara.
Scope & Content:
Muharram festival; scene in the Imambara. 6.5 by 9.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

12. Add Or 678

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 678
Title:
Muharram Festival.
Scope & Content:
Muharram Festival. Inscribed: ‘A Mohammedan Procession commemorative (as far as I can judge) of some event connected with the Subjugation of the Natives of India who are represented in a ridiculous and degrading light, & bound together with Chains. The Man on the Camel & the [ones] dre...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

13. Add Or 938

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 938
Title:
Muharram festival, the ta'ziya in the Imambara.
Scope & Content:
The Muharram festival; the ‘ta‘ziyah’ in the imambara. Inscribed: ‘No.18. The Gift of E.E. Pote Esq. Elizath Collins. This is a Representation of the Mohurrum’;’ and is the Commemoration of the Murder of Hussen and Hosain two Mahomedan Saints: continued for ten days. A Machine is constructe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1800
Extent:
1 Item

14. Add Or 939

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 939
Title:
Holi festival, a nobleman watching the celebrations
Scope & Content:
The Holi festival, an Indian gentleman seated on a painted stool watches the celebrations. Men sing and dance and play on instruments; women squirt coloured water. Inscribed: ‘No.4. The Gift of E.E. Pote Esqr. Elizath Collins. This is a Hindoo Festival celebrated, among other sports, by thr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1800
Extent:
1 Item

15. Add Or 940

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 940
Title:
Chait festival, on the banks of the Ganges at Patna
Scope & Content:
The Chait festival being celebrated on the banks of the Ganges at Patna. Inscribed: ‘No’.’1. The Gift of E.E. Pote Esq. Elizath Collins Offerings of fruit to the Ganges: a religious Ceremony at which the Women are permitted to attend, and come down to the River side to celebrate: and as it is ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1800
Extent:
1 Item

16. Add Or 941

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 941
Title:
Dasehra festival, the svarups of Rama, Lakshmana and Sita being carried in procession
Scope & Content:
The Dasehra festival; effigies of Rama, Lakshmana and Sita being carried in procession, accompanied by musicians and bearers of standards and lanterns. Inscribed: ‘No.27 The Gift of E.E. Pote Esq. Elizath Collins’; also’ Religious Procession. Music and Dancing Girls. Men in the character of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1795-1800
Extent:
1 Item

17. Add Or 4395

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4395
Title:
Scene inside the brightly lit Imambara during the Muharram, with the Nawab (perhaps Babur 'Ali, 1793-1810) seated smoking a hookah
Scope & Content:
Scene inside the brightly lit Imambara during the Muharram, with the Nawab (perhaps Babar ‘Ali, 1793-18109) seated smoking a hookah. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Water Colour Drawing of an Indian Ceremonial. By a Native Artist.’ Water-colour and body-colour on laid paper, 426 by 777 mm., within r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

18. Add Or 4758

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4758
Title:
The simple grave of Asaf al-Daula under a canopy inside the Imambara. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The simple grave of Asaf al-Daula under a canopy inside the Imambara, with parties of imams reading the Koran, another in a wooden and gilt ‘minbar’, and a ‘Ta’zia’ beyond. The hall is brilliantly lit with coloured girandoles attached to the parapet beneath the ceiling, and by three rows of cha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

19. EAP1031/4/1/67

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1031/4/1/67
Title:
रस-सागर
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Hindi
Date Range:
10 May 1905
Extent:
137 tiff images

20. EAP1300/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1300/3/1
Title:
পাছিম্ বাংলা
Scope & Content:
This is a compilation of bound journals arranged with inconsistent pagination. This file contains 42 volumes of the journal "Pachim Bangla" which was published twice each month. This particular compilation has inconsistent pagination and does not include all published volumes between November 19...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Santali
Date Range:
Nov 1968-Dec 1970
Extent:
608

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