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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add Or 4247-4296

21. Add Or 4267

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4267
Title:
An ascetic wearing chains approaching an old man with a rosary.
Scope & Content:
An ascetic wearing chains approaching an old man with a rosary. The old man appears to be a Muslim. A mosque and a grave are in the background. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘A Byraggee an Hindoo Pilgrim’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

22. 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

23. Add Or 4269

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4269
Title:
Two men playing ‘pachisi’ while a musician plays a ‘vina’
Scope & Content:
Two men playing ‘pachisi’ while a musician plays a ‘vina’ in a shaded courtyard. Inscribed: ‘Pachiss a Game of fife & twenty.’ and ‘A Native Muscian’ [sic]. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

24. Add Or 4270

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4270
Title:
Two women, and a child.
Scope & Content:
Two women and a child on a river bank with buildings in the distance. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Two women’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

25. Add Or 4271

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4271
Title:
A Mosque & Mausoleum.
Scope & Content:
A Mosque & Mausoleum. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘A Mosque & Mausoleum.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

26. Add Or 4272

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4272
Title:
A Girl going for Water.
Scope & Content:
A girl weariong anklets and colourful textiles, carries two water pots. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘A Girl going for Water.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

27. 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

28. Add Or 4274

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4274
Title:
Dancing Girls dancing to a Native Band.
Scope & Content:
Two dancing girls with four musicians. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Dancing Girls dancing to a Native Band.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

29. Add Or 4275

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4275
Title:
Carts for a Hindoo Procession.
Scope & Content:
Two carts on wheels used for Hindu processions. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Carts for a Hindoo Procession.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

30. Add Or 4276

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4276
Title:
A Hindoo Pagoda. Hindoo Churches.
Scope & Content:
Hindu temples next to a body of water. The temple bears a considerable resemblance to the Great Temple at Tanjore, save that the main tower has been converted into an entrance gateway. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘A Hindoo Pagoda. Hindoo Churches.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item