Add.Or.2373-2374 2 drawings depicting occupations. By a Benares artist, c.1820. Wash and water-colour; 6 by 7.5- ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Ar ...
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Add.Or.2373-2374 2 drawings depicting occupations. By a Benares artist, c.1820. Wash and water-colour; 6 by 7.5- ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer 6 November 1962. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Benares in 1948 from a Benares dealer who attributed them to Benares artists. The dra...
Vaishnava ascetic seated cross-legged on a mat holding a rosary in his right hand. By Shiva Ram, a Benares artist, c.1840. Water-colour; 8.25 by 6.25 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 6 November 1962. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Benares in 1948 from a Benares dealer who attribu...
Add.Or.2376-2377 2 portraits of Benares gentlemen. By Lal Chand or Gopal Chand, Benares artists, c.1840. Faintly inscribed at top in ‘nagari’ characte ...
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Add.Or.2376-2377 2 portraits of Benares gentlemen. By Lal Chand or Gopal Chand, Benares artists, c.1840. Faintly inscribed at top in ‘nagari’ characters. Unfinished; faces only completed; pencil and water-colour; 9 by 7.25 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 6 November 1962. Note: O...
Portrait of the Raja of Tamughui, a Benares landlord
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Portrait of the Raja of Tamughui, a Benares landlord, seated and holding a hookah mouth-piece. By a Benares artist, 1866. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Raja Rajah Tamughui’; in ‘nagari’ characters:’ Raje Tamughui, samvat 1924’ (Raja of Tamughui, A.D.1866). Pencil and water-colour; 5 by 3....
Portrait of a nobleman seated in durbar, perhaps Raja Ram Singh II of Jaipur (ruled 1835-80). By a Benares artist, c.1870. Inscribed on back in ‘nagari’ characters:’ darbar maharaja man singha ji Jaipur ke’ (durbar of Maharaja Man Singh of Jaipur). Pen-and-ink; 6.5 by 7.5 ins. Presented by M...
Portrait of a small Indian boy seated on the ground.
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Portrait of a small Indian boy seated on the ground. By a Benares artist, c.1860. Wash; 4.75 by 3.75 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 6 November 1962. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Benares in 1948 from a Benares dealer, who attributed it to a Benares artist.