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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1000/49 Subject Narcotics

1. Photo 1000/49(4782)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/49(4782)
Title:
Non-photographic: Gouache by an Amritsar artist depicting the smoking of Charras, a type of Indian hemp imported into northern India from Eastern Turkestan.
Scope & Content:
With descriptive notes attached. The paintings accompanied samples of the narcotics illustrated, and were made for display at an unidentified exhibition. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 226, catalogue ref. 188 (i).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/49(4783)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/49(4783)
Title:
Non-photographic: Gouache by an Amritsar artist depicting the preparation and consumption of Indian hemp (bhang).
Scope & Content:
With descriptive notes attached. The paintings accompanied samples of the narcotics illustrated, and were made for display at an unidentified exhibition. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 226, catalogue ref. 188 (ii).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/49(4784)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/49(4784)
Title:
Non-photographic: Gouache by an Amritsar artist depicting the smoking of opium.
Scope & Content:
With descriptive notes attached. The paintings accompanied samples of the narcotics illustrated, and were made for display at an unidentified exhibition. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 226, catalogue ref. 188 (iii).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/49(4785)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/49(4785)
Title:
Non-photographic: Gouache by an Amritsar artist depicting the smoking of tobacco in various forms of pipe - nargila, huqqa, gurguri and pechwan.
Scope & Content:
With descriptive notes attached. The paintings accompanied samples of the narcotics illustrated, and were made for display at an unidentified exhibition. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 226, catalogue ref. 188 (iv).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

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