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1. WD857

Reference (shelfmark):
WD857
Title:
Three men armed with bows and arrows, Orissa. 'Hill People to the Northwd of Orissa'.
Scope & Content:
(1) Aboriginals of Orissa. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Hill People to the Northwd of Orissa.’ Reproduced in J. Howes 'Illustrating India' (OUP Delhi:2010), p.227, fig 6.22. Water-colour; 9.5 by 13 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1821
Extent:
1 Item

2. WD858

Reference (shelfmark):
WD858
Title:
Group of Khonds in Ganjam District (Orissa). Artist(s): Fraser, Edward (1780-1827)
Scope & Content:
(2) Group of Khonds in Ganjam District (Orissa). Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Group of Cones of the Ganjam District. E. Fraser.’ Reproduced in J. Howes 'Illustrating India' (OUP Delhi:2010), p.224-5, fig 6.21. Water-colour; 7.75 by 10.75 ins. Note: Edward Fraser (1780-1827), Madras Engineers...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1801
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD859

Reference (shelfmark):
WD859
Title:
A group of Pindaris put to flight by sepoys. Artist(s): Lang, George (fl. 1790-1814)
Scope & Content:
(3) A group of Pindaris put to flight by sepoys. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Giving to horror grace to Danger’ ... Water-colour; 14.25 by 20.5 ins. Note: George Lang served in the Madras Army from 1790 to 1814. He became a Major in 1805.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1814
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD860

Reference (shelfmark):
WD860
Title:
A group of Pindaris put to flight by sepoys. Copy of WD 859. Artist(s): 'Abdullah, Shaikh (fl. 1818-1819)
Scope & Content:
(4) A group of Pindaris put to flight by sepoys. Copy of WD859. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Pindaries put to Flight. From an original by Major Lang. Copied by Shaik Ubdallah.’ Water-colour; 7.25 by 10.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1819
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD866

Reference (shelfmark):
WD866
Title:
A woman (perhaps a Circassian or Goanese?) with a feathered turban sitting on a stool beneath a palm tree smoking a hookah. Beside her stands her hookahburdar and a servant with a white parasol
Scope & Content:
(11) A woman (perhaps a Circassian or Goanese?) with a feathered turban sitting on a stool beneath a palm tree smoking a hookah. Beside her stands her hookah-burdar and a servant with a white parasol. Water-colour; 10.25 by 12 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1821
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD868

Reference (shelfmark):
WD868
Title:
Rajput from Palta (Bengal). 24 March 1820. Artist(s): Saxton, Benjamin (b.1803)
Scope & Content:
(13) Rajput from Palta (Bengal). 24 March 1820. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Ramchurn a Rajpoot in Caste. Drawn at Pultah. 24th March, 1820 by B. Sexton.’ Water-colour; 11.5 by 9.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD869

Reference (shelfmark):
WD869
Title:
Hindu villagers at Puri (Orissa). 27 May 1820
Scope & Content:
(14) Hindu villagers at Puri (Orissa). 27 May 1820. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Figures at Jagannath. 27th May 1820’. Reproduced in J. Howes 'Illustrating India' (OUP Delhi:2010), p.228, fig 6.23. Water-colour; 12 by 9.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD870

Reference (shelfmark):
WD870
Title:
Hindus of the Fisherman and Odiah castes at Narsingapatam [Narasinghapur?] (Orissa). 31 May 1820
Scope & Content:
(15) Hindus of the Fisherman and Odiah castes at Narsingapatam (Orissa). 31 May 1820. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Figures at Narsingapatam, 31st May, 1820. Fisherman Caste. Odiah Caste.’ Water-colour; 11.5 by 8.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD871

Reference (shelfmark):
WD871
Title:
Wodiah Brahmin at Puri (Orissa). 16 June 1820
Scope & Content:
(16) Wodiah Brahmin at Puri (Orissa). 16 June 1820. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Wodia Brahman, Jagarnath. 16th June, 1820’. Water-colour; 12 by 9.5 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD1069

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1069
Title:
Album of 82 drawings depicting the costume of various castes in Balaghat, Carnatic. 1800-01
Scope & Content:
Many of the drawings in this album are reproduced in chapter 3 of Howes, J. 'Illustrating India'. Delhi: OUP, 2010. f.4 (1) A Jain at Conjeveram. 16th March 1800. f.5 (2) ‘A Carnatic Peon (Chuckler Caste) employed as a Watchman or Guard at the Hill Fort of Saatghurr. March 1800.’ f.6 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1801
Extent:
1 Item