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032-003278159 Level [40] File

41. Add Or 4273

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4273
Title:
A Native Accountant with Cajam Books, i.e. palm-leaf manuscripts.
Scope & Content:
A Native Accountant with Cajam Books i.e. palm-leaf manuscripts. Hobson-Jobson distinguishes between ‘Cajan’, the plant which yields ‘dal’, and ‘Cadjan’, or palm leaves. The term is Javanese, introduced by foreigners (the Dutch?) into western and southern India. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘A ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

42. Add Or 4247

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4247
Title:
A bookplate in a landscape: a stone altar with the initials I.B.G.
Scope & Content:
A bookplate in a landscape: a stone altar with the initials ‘I.B.G.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

43. Add Or 4286

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4286
Title:
An Armenian Man and Woman, an Armenian church behind.
Scope & Content:
An Armenian Man and Woman, an Armenian church and ships at sea are shown behind. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘An Armenian Man and Woman,’ an Armenian church behind. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

44. Add Or 4250

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4250
Title:
A sepoy (lascar) before a cannon and a civilian, a fort beyond.
Scope & Content:
A sepoy (lascar) before a cannon and a civilian, a fort beyond. The wears the blue coat with red facings of the Madras Native Artillery, established 1784. Lascar has the meaning of artillery man Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Lasca Sentinel’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

45. Add Or 4288

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4288
Title:
A man reclining in a palanquin carried by four bearers and with attendants.
Scope & Content:
A man reclining in a palanquin carried by four bearers and with attendants. Inscribed on the opposite page: ‘A Palanquin’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

46. Add Or 4290

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4290
Title:
A Marriage Procession, The Bridegroom on Horseback and the Bride in a Doolee.
Scope & Content:
A Marriage Procession, The Bridegroom on Horseback and the Bride in a Doolee. The groom and bridegroom are accompanied by torch baring attendants and musicians. Inscribed on the opposite page: ‘A Marriage Procession, The Bridegroom on Horseback and the Bride in a Doolee.’ Water-colour; 105 by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

47. Add Or 4268

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4268
Title:
Smoking a Hookah. Both a floor-model and a hand-held model are depicted.
Scope & Content:
Two males smoking hooka's. Both a floor-model and a hand-held model are depicted. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Smoking a Hookah.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

48. Add Or 4289

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4289
Title:
A Saint Hindoo conveyed by his Disciples, in an open litter on their shoulders.
Scope & Content:
A Hindu Saint conveyed in an open litter accompanied by musicians and devotees. Inscribed on the opposite page: ‘A Saint Hindoo conveyed by his Disciples’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

49. Add Or 4258

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4258
Title:
A European in a howdah on an elephant next to a rest-house.
Scope & Content:
A European in a howdah on an elephant next to a rest-house. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘The Howder. A Choultry - an Edifice for humane purposes erected for the Traveller’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

50. Add Or 4295

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4295
Title:
A view of Fort St. George and the sea front of Madras.
Scope & Content:
A view of Fort St. George and the sea front of Madras. Since the church of St. Mary in the Fort is shown without a spire, the original one having been damaged in the siege of 1746 and dismantled some time after 1767, the view must be dated before the re-erection of the steeple in 1795 Inscribed...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item