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181. Add Or 3341

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3341
Title:
Two courtesans, one smoking a nargila pipe, the other offering her pan and holding her sari.
Scope & Content:
Two courtesans, one smoking a ‘nargila’ pipe, the other offering her ‘pan’ and holding her ‘sari.’ 445 by 280 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

182. Add Or 3342

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3342
Title:
Courtesan with rose and nargila pipe.
Scope & Content:
Courtesan with rose and ‘nargila’ pipe. 455 by 280 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

183. Add Or 3343

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3343
Title:
Ravana struggling with Hanuman
Scope & Content:
Ravana struggling with Hanuman. 410 by 260 mm. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.41.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

184. Add Or 3343-3345

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3343-3345
Title:
Add.Or.3343-3345 Three paintings depicting religious subjects. By a patua, Kalighat, c.1865. Water-colour with silver details; varying sizes. Purchas ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3343-3345 Three paintings depicting religious subjects. By a patua, Kalighat, c.1865. Water-colour with silver details; varying sizes. Purchased by W.G. Archer, London 1950. Purchased 1974. Note: In style similar to Add.Or.891-907 and 3333-42 and of about the same date.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864-1866
Extent:
3 items

185. Add Or 3344

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3344
Title:
Kurma (tortoise) avatar
Scope & Content:
‘Kurma’ (tortoise) ‘avatara;’ second incarnation of Visnu. 450 by 265 mm Reproduced: M. Archer (1967), pl.68.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

186. Add Or 3345

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3345
Title:
Durga on her lion trampling on Mahishasura.
Scope & Content:
Durga on her lion trampling on Mahishasura. 440 by 280 mm Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.42.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

187. Add Or 3346

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3346
Title:
The Tarakeshwar murder: the Mahant sees Elokeshi at the Tarakeshwar temple.
Scope & Content:
The Mahant sees Elokesi at the Tarakesvar temple. The Mahant (high priest of the Siva temple, Tarakesvar) holds a ‘nargila’ pipe and sits on a striped rug in front of the temple, a second man, perhaps his agent, Kinaram, behind him. Before him stand three women - Elokesi, the young wife of the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1875
Extent:
1 Item

188. Add Or 3346-3347

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3346-3347
Title:
Add.Or.3346-3347 Two paintings depicting episodes from the Tarakesvar murder. By a patua, Kalighat, c.1875. Water-colour with silver details; varying ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3346-3347 Two paintings depicting episodes from the Tarakesvar murder. By a patua, Kalighat, c.1875. Water-colour with silver details; varying sizes.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1876
Extent:
2 items

189. Add Or 3347

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3347
Title:
The Mahant fans Elokeshi who sits on a chair holding a rose.
Scope & Content:
The Mahant fans Elokesi who sits on a chair holding a rose while the Mahant dressed only in a ‘dhoti’ stands beside her fanning her with a punkah. 458 by 286 mm. Purchased by W.G. Archer in London, 1955. Purchased 1974. Note: Following her first visit to the Tarakesvar shrine, Elokesi was pr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1875
Extent:
1 Item

190. Add Or 3348

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3348
Title:
Oval portrait of a courtesan with rose.
Scope & Content:
Oval portrait of a courtesan with rose.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item