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2141. Mss Eur B369/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B369/3
Title:
Illustrated journal containing 20 drawings and 5 prints. Inscribed on cover: 'Residence in India and return to Etton 1851-1852'. Artist(s): Machell, Thomas (1824-1862)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on cover: ‘Residence in India and return to Etton 1851-1852. Thomas Machell’. f.1v Pilgrims at the source of the Ganges. Pencil heightened with white. f.3 Wounded white rhinoceros. Water-colour. f.4 Wounded rhinoceros. Water-colour. f.5 Wounded elephant. Water-colour. f.6 ‘‘St...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 Item

2142. Mss Eur F95/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F95/2
Title:
Some remarks on the Soil and Cultivation on the Western Side of the River Hoogly. 8 drawings by Indian draftsmen, probably of Calcutta
Scope & Content:
‘Some remarks on the Soil and Cultivation on the Western Side of the River Hoogly.’ 8 drawings by Indian draftsmen, probably from Calcutta, c.1790, collected by Robert Kyd (1746-93). Despatched to the Court of Directors, 13 December 1792, by Robert Kyd. At his death in May 1793 he bequeathed h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

2143. Mss Eur G91(172)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(172)
Title:
Colonel A.P. Phayre. d. Decr. 1885 aged 73, afterwards Lt General Phayre G.C.M.G, K.C.S.I., C.B. Photographer: Rowe, Josiah
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait, in half-profile, with a Burmese servant squatting beside him. His right arm rests on a table on which a 'Map of British Burmah' is prominently displayed. Sir Arthur Purves Phayre (1812-1885) was the first Chief Commissioner of British Bur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

2144. Or 4769, f.6

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.6
Title:
Siva and Parvati in their cave with Nandi, he with five visible heads, with Bhagiratha standing before them, in ascetic's garb with a rosary.
Scope & Content:
Siva and Parvati in their cave with Nandi, exactly as before, except that he now shows five visible heads (four with their eyes closed in meditation) and is four armed (noose, trident, quoit and drum), with Bhagiratha standing before them, in ascetic’s garb with a rosary. Inscribed in Persian: ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2145. Or 4769, f.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.20
Title:
The sage Dattatreya seated on a little chabutra, long haired and almost naked, with vessels in front of him. Dattatreya is among the minor avatars of Vishnu.
Scope & Content:
The sage Dattatreya seated on little chabutra, long haired and almost naked, with vessels in front of him. Dattatreya is among the minor avatars of Visnu. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘datatrayo.’ ‘20. Represents the famous Rishy Datatraio.’
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2146. Or 4769, f.21

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.21
Title:
Nara and Narayana, avatars of Vishnu, represented respectively as a crowned traditionally dressed warrior (ksatriya?) approaching a haloed and bearded ascetic.
Scope & Content:
Nara and Narayana, avatars of Visnu, represented respectively as a crowned traditionally dressed warrior (‘ksatriya?’) approaching a haloed and bearded ascetic seated like Dattatreya. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘nar. narain.’ On the lower left margin in ‘nagari’: ‘..5.’ ‘21. Two incarnations ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2147. Or 4769, f.27

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.27
Title:
Siva, white and his hair loose down his back, dancing before Parvati?, who is haloed, crowned and jewelled and seated on a portable throne beating time. The scene is set on a terrace with distant trees.
Scope & Content:
Siva, white and his hair loose down his back, with the moon on his head and a necklace of skulls, but jewelled and haloed, wearing a yellow ‘dhoti’ partly covered with black cloth, dancing before Parvati?, who is haloed, crowned and jewelled and seated on a portable throne beating time. The sce...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2148. Or 4770, f.7

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.7
Title:
The ascetic Bhagiratha, walking along blowing a conch, being followed by a makara, walking along with a puddle of water around it, and on which is seated the goddess Ganga holding a lotus.
Scope & Content:
The ascetic Bhagiratha, walking along blowing a conch, being followed by a ‘makara’, walking along with a puddle of water around it, and on which is seated the goddess Ganga holding a lotus. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘bhagiratha. ganga.’ ‘7. Ganga, the Ganges, with her attributes, following ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2149. Or 4770, f.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.20
Title:
Narada, dressed in dhoti and scarf, crowned and haloed, carrying a vina over one shoulder and with a rosary in his left hand.
Scope & Content:
Narada, dressed in dhoti and scarf, crowned and haloed, carrying a vina over one shoulder and with a rosary in his left hand. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘narad.’ ‘20. Nard, the Inventor of the Bin, the Daiota of concord & discord, of counsel and a noted Muni, 2d. son’ of Birmha.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2150. Or 4770, f.23

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.23
Title:
Two ancient sages, Vamadeva and Risabha, the former seated on a mat on the ground, the latter still in kingly costume, haloed, with sword and crown.
Scope & Content:
Two ancient sages, Vamadeva and Risabha, the former seated on a mat on the ground, the latter still in kingly costume, haloed, with sword and crown. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘vamdev rikha’ (i.e. rishi). ‘rikhab dev.’ ‘23, Rikhal daie and Barndaio rickh.’ On the lower left margin in ‘nagari...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

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