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1. Add Or 1946

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1946
Title:
Mama Champa, one of the principal female attendants of the Nizam's famiy, and commander of one of the battalions of female sepoys.
Scope & Content:
Mama Champa, an elderly wet nurse. Inscribed: ‘Mama Chumpa.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1808-1816
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 1947

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1947
Title:
Mama Barun, one of the principal female attendants of the Nizam's famiy, and commander of one of the battalions of female sepoys.
Scope & Content:
Mama Barun, an elderly wet nurse. Inscribed: ‘Mania Barun’; in Persian: ‘Burn.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1808-1816
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD1600

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1600
Title:
A rocket-bearer of Tipu Sultan. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
A rocket-bearer of Tipu Sultan. 1792. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Rockett bearer’; also inscribed with notes on colour which indicate that the uniform was purple with white tiger-spots, the kummerbund white and red and the turban white with red tiger-marks. The flag attached to the rocket ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1792
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD1601

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1601
Title:
A sepoy of Tipu Sultan leaning on his matchlock. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
A sepoy of Tipu Sultan leaning on his matchlock. 1792. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘a Sipauhee of Tippoo's’; also inscribed with notes on colour which indicate that the uniform was purple with white tiger-marks and the leather cross-belts brown.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1792
Extent:
1 Item

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