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Subject Musical Instruments Level [40] File

41. Add Or 2739

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2739
Title:
Musical instrument (sarangi), back view.
Scope & Content:
Musical instrument ‘(sarangi),’ back view. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 12 by 7.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1785-1790
Extent:
1 Item

42. Add Or 2740

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2740
Title:
Vina
Scope & Content:
Musical instrument with two gourd resonators (‘vina’). Pen-and-ink; 4 by 7.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1785-1790
Extent:
1 Item

43. Add Or 4169

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4169
Title:
Boar avatar of Vishnu, four-armed carrying club and deer and playing a double-ended drum (Mridangam). One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
Scope & Content:
Boar avatar of Vishnu, four-armed carrying club and deer and playing a double-ended drum (‘Mridangam’). Inscribed: ‘Kurma avataran (Vishnu)’. Note: This seems more Saiva than Vishnu. ‘Kurma’ avatar is the tortoise.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

44. Add Or 4173

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4173
Title:
Kalki, the tenth avatara, horse-headed and playing the tanbura. One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
Scope & Content:
Kalki, the tenth avatara, horse-headed and playing the ‘tanbura’. Inscribed: ‘Kalki’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

45. Add Or 4207

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4207
Title:
Two standing Saiva ascetics, dressed in saffron robes, one a Kanphat yogi playing a sarangi, the other a Jangama (Lingayat) priest wearing a feathered turban and long braids of hair, and carrying a bell.
Scope & Content:
Two standing Saiva ascetics, dressed in saffron robes, one a Kanphat yogi playing a ‘sarangi’, the other a Jangama (Lingayat) priest wearing a feathered turban and long braids of hair, and carrying a bell.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1807-1810
Extent:
1 Item

46. Add Or 4257

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4257
Title:
Three Indians on an elephant, with kettledrum and flag.
Scope & Content:
Three Indians on an elephant, with kettledrum and flag. ‘Nagara’ is a kettledrum. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘The Royal Nagger’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

47. Add Or 5080

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5080
Title:
People playing on the musical instruments of the country
Scope & Content:
People playing on the musical instruments of the country Inscribed: ‘People playing on the musical Instruments of the Country.’ The image is framed by a black border. 24.2 by 19.7cm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

48. Add Or 5450

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5450
Title:
Sarasvati with her vina.
Scope & Content:
Sarasvati with her vina. Inscribed below: ‘Sauroo thumbah the Goddess of Fiddle. 87.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

49. C.44.h.5, 2(724)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.44.h.5, 2(724)
Title:
Musical instruments. Sax [at the Great Exhibition, London]. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Cabinet of wind instruments by Sax, on display at the Great Exhibition.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

50. C.128.k.10(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.128.k.10(48)
Title:
Byrne — The Irish Harper. Photographer: Hill and Adamson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait, in right profile, of the blind Irish harpist Patrick Byrne, seated playing the harp. [Stevenson (1981), 'Men, Byrne (a).']
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1845
Extent:
1 item