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1. Add MS 5141

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Title:
Portrait and Life of Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises a single leaf, which seems to have once belonged to a larger volume. The recto features a full-length portrait of the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, holding a penner and a rosary, alongside his arms (Party per pale argent and Gules a bend counter-changed), an English da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 5408

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Title:
Queen Elizabeth I's funeral procession
Scope & Content:
Original pen and ink drawing of Elizabeth I's funeral procession, 1603. It is attributed to William Camden, Clarenceaux herald: although he may not have been the artist, the hand recording the names of the figures resembles his. It includes the chariot drawn by four horses on which stood Eliza...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st quarter 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add Or 1

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Title:
Mahadaji Sindhia entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch
Scope & Content:
Mahadaji Sindhia (ruled 1782-94) entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: A similar portrait of Sindhia inscribed with Sindhia’s name is in Bharat Kala Bhawan, Benares. See also the portrait by, James Wales, F826. This p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 2

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Title:
Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
Scope & Content:
A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 3

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Title:
Village life in Kashmir. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80)
Scope & Content:
Village life in Kashmir. By Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1760. Purchased 13 April 1954. Inscribed on border in Persian: ‘majlis-i kashmir, ‘amal-i mir kalan’ (A Kashmiri assembly, the work of Mir Kalan). Gouache with a little gold; on an album page with yellow and apricot borders, the outer bo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 8

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Title:
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati riding in a moonlit landscape near Mandu
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Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased June 1954. Inscribed on slip of paper pasted to border in Urdu: ‘baz bahadur u rupmati, 36’ (Baz Bahadur and Rupmati, 36). Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and red borders and gold rules, from the same album as Add.Or.4-7 e...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 19

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Title:
Durga puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
Scope & Content:
Durga puja. To the left an image of Durga on the verandah of a house before which a goat is being sacrificed in the courtyard. Inscribed on back: ‘Doorga-Puja. A religious festival held in honour (sic) Devi, and in commemoration of her victory over the giant Doorg, in consequence of which she...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1807-1809
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 29

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Title:
Durga Puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
Scope & Content:
Durga Puja. Male dancers and musicians performing before an image of the goddess Durga installed inside a house. On the left a group of three men seated on painted stools, one smoking a hookah. By Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1809. Water-colour; 11 by 8.5 ins. Purchased 14 N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 32

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Title:
Dancing-girl and four musicians
Scope & Content:
Dancing-girl and four musicians. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Same boll’ (cymbal?) ‘with dancing Girl’; in Tamil: ‘taci’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 35

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Title:
Maratha tailor and wife
Scope & Content:
Maratha tailor and wife; the man holds a measure and his wife a pair of scissors. Inscribed in English: ‘Maratah Taylor’; in Tamil: ‘maratiya tayyalkaran.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 Item

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