Study of two birds on a leafy spray. Artist(s): Jagrup Lal (c.1800-1860)
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Study of two birds on a leafy spray. Inscribed on front in nagari characters: ...... Note: This drawing is a copy of one of Webb Smith’s drawings now at Cambridge.
Add.Or.4021-4022 2 studies of birds on a branch. By Jagrup Lal (c.1800-1860), an Arrah artist, c.1830. Water-colour; 210 by 172 mm. From the collectio ...
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Add.Or.4021-4022 2 studies of birds on a branch. By Jagrup Lal (c.1800-1860), an Arrah artist, c.1830. Water-colour; 210 by 172 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Purchased by W.G. Archer at Patna in 1948 from the family collection of Ishwari Prasad w...
Horse portrait. By Dallu Lal, a Benaras artist, c.1850. Inscribed on back in nagari characters: ‘Ghora Duldul’ (Horse Duldul). Water-colour; purple and fawn mount; 190 by 228 mm, with mount 292 by 330 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Purchased by W....
Lemur. By a Benares artist, c.1850. Water-colour; 170 by 106 mm, with border 216 by 145 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Acquired by W.G. Archer from a Benares dealer, July 1942.
An Indian woman, perhaps a singer, standing in an archway on a patterned floor.
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An Indian woman, perhaps a singer, standing in an archway on a patterned floor. By a Lucknow artist, c.1780. Inscribed on back: ‘A woman of rank in the Dress of the Country.’ Gouache; black border; 254 by 165 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: From th...
Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, seated on a European-style settee holding a sword
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Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Lucknow (1775-97), seated on a European-style settee holding a sword, the sharpness of which he tests with his thumb. By a Lucknow artist, c.1790. Gouache; 235 by 160 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: The painting is probably a...
Male dancers with musicians, celebrating the Muharram festival
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Male dancers with musicians, celebrating the Muharram festival, are calling at a house for alms. A youth dances on a blue hobby-horse (‘lili ghora’), a woman is pouring rice into the cloth of another dancer. By a Lucknow artist, c.1800. Gouache; yellow and pink border; 280 by 254 mm. From th...