A composite camel, with a peri dressed in Mughal costume on top, being led by a horned div
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f.1 A composite camel, with a ‘peri’ dressed in Mughal costume on top, being led by a horned ‘div’ through a flat green landscape, with lightly painted mauve hills. By a Patna artist, c.1810. Water-colour and body-colour, wihtin a black border; paper watermarked ‘Budgen & W...
A composite elephant with a lady as mahout, with a div with a long spear in front
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f.2 A composite elephant with a lady as mahout, with a ‘div’ with a long spear in front. By a Patna artist, c.1810. Water-colour and body-colour; 235 by 390 mm. Note: With the same border and landscape as the preceding.
The Harihar Chattar mela at Sonpur viewed from the east bank of the Gandak opposite Patna. Artist(s): Shiv Dayal (fl. c.1820)
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f.3 The Harihar Chattar ‘mela’ at Sonpur, viewed from the garden of Sir Charles D’Oyly’s bungalow on the east bank of the Gandak opposite Patna, the foreground thronged with people, numerous boats and barges on the river, the temple of Mahadeva on the opposite bank with a large encampment, and...
f.4 A grey horse, rather fly-blown, with cropped tail, mane and (apparently!) ears, facing right, an Indian jockey up in maroon and dark blue colours, against a softly painted landscape and unpainted sky. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in pencil on reverse: ‘Sir Walte...
f.5 A bay horse, facing right, against the same background as the preceding. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘For James Macnabb from Raleigh Gilbert’. Water-colour and body-colour; 245 by 408 mm.