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Title:
Mahadaji Sindhia entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch
Scope & Content:
Mahadaji Sindhia (ruled 1782-94) entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: A similar portrait of Sindhia inscribed with Sindhia’s name is in Bharat Kala Bhawan, Benares. See also the portrait by, James Wales, F826. This p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
Scope & Content:
A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
A station palanquin with a British officer, perhaps the Fort Adjutant who commissioned the set
Scope & Content:
A station palanquin with an army officer, perhaps the Fort Adjutant who commissioned the set. Inscribed: ‘Palankeen at a Station.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1828
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Arab and wife
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Arab and wife; the man is armed with a sword and buckler and holds a rose, his wife holds a betel leaf. Inscribed: ‘Araube Cast.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Nurse with European child.
Scope & Content:
Nurse ‘(ayah)’ with European child. Inscribed: ‘Ayah or Female Attendant with a good looking baby.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1832
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Abyssinian man and woman
Scope & Content:
Abyssinian man and woman. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Habashi’ (Negroes).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1838-1839
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Two Afghans from Maler Kotla
Scope & Content:
Two Afghans from Maler Kotla (Punjab States). Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Afghanan i Maler Kotlah’; in English: ‘Afghans of Mulair Kotela (Ambala).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1838-1839
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Man and woman from Kafiristan (Afghanistan)
Scope & Content:
Man and woman from Kafiristan (Afghanistan); the man has a bow and arrows. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Mardum i Kafiri’; in English: ‘Inhabitants of Kafristan (in Afghanistan).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1838-1839
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Two Tibetan men
Scope & Content:
Two Tibetan men. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Mardum i Tibit’; in English: ‘Thibettees.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1838-1839
Extent:
1 Item

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Title:
Two Tibetan women
Scope & Content:
Two Tibetan women. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Zanan i Tibit’; in English: ‘Thibettee women.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1838-1839
Extent:
1 Item