Search

Subject durbars and court scenes Digitised Content No Level [40] File

1. Add Or 211-232

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 211-232
Title:
Album of 22 unfinished drawings showing the durbar procession of Akbar II
Scope & Content:
22 drawings, bound into a volume, depicting a durbar procession of Akbar II. 11.5 by 17.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1825
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 233-304

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 233-304
Title:
Album of 72 unfinished drawings showing the durbar procession of Akbar II
Scope & Content:
72 drawings, bound into a volume, depicting a durbar procession of Akbar II. 8 by 12.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1825
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 742

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 742
Title:
Durbar scene showing Wajid 'Ali Shah (King of Oudh 1847-56) embracing the Governor-General, Lord Hardinge.
Scope & Content:
Durbar scene showing Wajid ‘Ali Shah (King of Oudh 1847-56) embracing the Governor-General, Lord Hardinge, on his visit to Lucknow in November 1847. British civil and military officers, as well as sepoys, are present, and the picture may depict the presentation of new standards to the Oudh troo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1847
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 1239

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1239
Title:
Reduced copy of the great mural by 'Abdallah Khan formerly in the Nigaristan Palace: central group, Fath 'Ali Shah and his sons. Artist(s): 'Abdallah Khan (fl. 1820), after
Scope & Content:
Central group, showing Fath ‘Ali Shah enthroned, with the royal princes. 35 by 53 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816-1820
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 1240

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1240
Title:
Reduced copy of the Nigaristan Palace mural: ghulams carrying the Shah's weapons etc.. Artist(s): 'Abdallah Khan (fl. 1820), after
Scope & Content:
The ‘ghulams’ carrying the Shah's shield, quiver and other regal paraphernalia. 25 by 52 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816-1820
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 1241

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1241
Title:
Reduced copy of the Nigaristan Palace mural: left hand portion, with courtiers and British ambassadors. Artist(s): 'Abdallah Khan (fl. 1820), after
Scope & Content:
Left-hand group of attendant courtiers, headed by the English envoys, to wit, Sir John Malcolm, Sir Harford Jones Brydges, and Sir Gore Ouseley. 34 by 132 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816-1820
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 1242

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1242
Title:
Reduced copy of the Nigaristan Palace mural: right hand portion, with courtiers and French ambassadors. Artist(s): 'Abdallah Khan (fl. 1820), after
Scope & Content:
Right-hand group of attendant courtiers, headed by the French envoys, to wit,. General Gardanne, M. Jaubert and M. Jouannin. 33 by 135 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1816-1820
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 2522

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2522
Title:
Lieut.-Colonel W.R. Gilbert and other British officers being entertained with a nautch by the Raja of Sambalpur
Scope & Content:
The Commandant, Lieut.-Colonel W.R. Gilbert, and other British officers, being entertained with a nautch by the Raja of Sambalpur (Orissa). They are seated under a tent in a courtyard of the palace. On the left the Raja and his guests, on the right, nautch girls and musicians, in the foregroun...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 3207

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3207
Title:
The Nawab of Murshidabad, perhaps Nawab Babur 'Ali (1793-1810), going in procession through the Chauk to Munny Begum's mosque
Scope & Content:
The Nawab of Murshidabad, perhaps Nawab Babar ‘Ali (1793-1810), going in procession through the Chauk to Munny Begum’s mosque. He is accompanied by elephants, litters, ‘raths,’ camels with kettle drums, outriders, musicians and sepoys. Imperial kettledrums etc. sound in the ‘naqqarkhana’ abov...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 3235

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3235
Title:
The Nawab of Oudh Asaf al-Daula listening to music in a pavilion
Scope & Content:
The Nawab of Oudh Asaf al-daula listening to music in a pavilion. He is seated against cushions smoking a hookah. Musicians, singers and dancers perform on the left and courtiers and attendants are on the right. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Mussulman Notching; in’ ink: ‘A Mussulman Nautch be...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item