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61. Add Or 4385

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4385
Title:
A Saiva brahmin, wearing short dhoti and uttariya, and marked with three parallel lines of white ash on forehead and upper body, and carrying a manuscript. He also has a red bindu under the forehead mark.
Scope & Content:
A Saiva brahmin, wearing short dhoti and ‘uttariya’, and marked with three parallel lines of white ash on forehead and upper body, and carrying a manuscript. He also has a red ‘bindu’ under the forehead mark. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Shivite’. Note: Also described opposite, where Mackenzie...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

62. Add Or 4386

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4386
Title:
A radaree or road-keeper, wearing a loosely wound garment round his upper body and a purple turban.
Scope & Content:
A radaree or road-keeper, wearing a loosely wound garment round his upper body and a purple turban. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Rahdari’; and opposite in ink: ‘Rahdari, i.e. guide to the roads, one of the village officials whose duty is to direct travellers on their way ... Ordinarily, they we...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

63. Add Or 4387

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4387
Title:
A toty, or village messenger, dressed in white and with a staff.
Scope & Content:
A toty, or village messenger, dressed in white and with a staff. Inscribed below in pencil:’ Toty;’ and opposite in ink’: Toty or Viulivadi(?) He is the village headman’s henchman - knows all the ins and outs of each villager’s life and has many privileges and perquisites ...’ Note: Hobson-Job...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

64. Add Or 4647-4658

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4647-4658
Title:
12 mica drawings from three different sets
Scope & Content:
12 mica drawings from three different sets. By Benares or Patna artists, c.1880. Opaque water-colour on mica; 13.5 by 10; 15 by 10.5; and 13.5 by 18 cm. Presented 1992 by Dr Pym. Note: Comprising parts of sets of servants (2), castes (6), and transport (4), respectively.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

65. Add Or 4673

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4673
Title:
A Taujik in the Summer Dress of Caubul
Scope & Content:
f.9 ‘A Taujik in the Summer Dress of Caubul. PLate IV to face Page 721.’ By a Delhi artist, c.1810 Inscribed on album page: ‘By Native Artist.’ Water-colour; 20 by 11.75 cm. Note: Elphinstone’s’ Cabool,’ pl.IV, opposite p.434.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

66. Add Or 4674

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4674
Title:
Dooraunee Shepherd
Scope & Content:
f.10 ‘Dooraunee Shepherd. Plate II.’. By a Delhi artist, c.1810 Inscribed on album page: ‘By Native Artist.’. Water-colour; 24.5 by 15.5 cm. Note: On Whatman paper. Elphinstone’s ‘Cabool’, pl.II, opposite p.239, the figure on the right only, but reversed. Thi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

67. Add Or 4675

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4675
Title:
A Khawtee Ghiljie in his Summer dress.
Scope & Content:
f.11 ‘A Khawtee Ghiljie in his Summer dress. Plate IX to face page 1033’. By a Delhi artist, c.1810 In pencil: ‘Elphinstone’s hand writing 1813’. Inscribed on album page: ‘By Native Artist.’. Water-colour; 20.5 by 15.25 cm. Note: Elphinstone’s ‘Cabool’,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

68. Add Or 4676

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4676
Title:
A Man of the Tymunee Eimauk.
Scope & Content:
f.13 ‘A Man of the Tymunee Eimauk. Plate XI to face page 1128.’ By a Delhi artist, c.1810 Inscribed on album page: ‘By Native Artist.’ Water-colour; 19.5 by 12 cm. Note: Elphinstone’s’ Cabool,’ pl.XI, opposite p.481. This tribe inhabited the mountains of weste...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1810
Extent:
1 Item

69. Add Or 5066

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5066
Title:
Woman called a hujjum (eunuch?).
Scope & Content:
Woman called a hujjum (eunuch?). Inscribed: ‘Woman called a Hujjum’ The image is framed by a black border. 24.2 by 19.7cm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

70. Add Or 5340, f.8

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5340, f.8
Title:
A brahmin carrying his offering tray and water-pot. From an album of Dhurandhar's water-colours.. Artist(s): Dhurandhar, Mahadev Visvanath (1867-1944)
Scope & Content:
A brahmin carrying his offering tray and water-pot. Inscribed below: ‘Return from the temple.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1899
Extent:
1 Item

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