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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2531
Title:: Cloth merchant seated in his shop selling chintz to a customer.
Scope & Content:: Cloth merchant seated in his shop selling chintz to a customer. Inscribed on back: ‘No.34. A Chintz Merchant.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2532
Title:: Liquor merchant seated in his shop pouring drink into bowls.
Scope & Content:: Liquor vendor in his shop pouring drink into bowls. Four customers (three men and one woman) stand or sit around. Inscribed on back: ‘No.2’. ‘A Arrack Shop.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2547
Title:: Butcher seated cutting up goat's meat, with his wife seated beside him brushing away flies with a feather.. Artist(s): Tuni Lal (fl. c.1840-1850), attributed to
Scope & Content:: Butcher seated cutting up goat’s meat, his wife seated beside him brushing away flies with a feather. Water-colour; 9 by 7.5 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1840-1850
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2548
Title:: Three blacksmiths.. Artist(s): Tuni Lal (fl. c.1840-1850), attributed to
Scope & Content:: Three blacksmiths; one working the bellows and two hammering a piece of red-hot iron. Water-colour; 10.75 by 8.5 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1840-1850
Extent:: 1 Item

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

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

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

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2600
Title:: Nawab Asaf al-Daula seated on a rug smoking a hookah and listening to a party of male musicians.
Scope & Content:: Nawab Asaf al-Daula seated on a rug smoking a hookah and listening to a party of male musicians. He is surrounded by a group of courtiers and attendants. Inscribed on back in English in ink: ‘Lukhnou Nawab Asoofooddoala’; in’ nagari’ characters: ‘Luknau asaf-ud-daula navab.’ Water-colour; 16 ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1812
Extent:: 1 Item

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