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31. Add Or 3177

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3177
Title:
The Abyssinian minister Malik Ambar
Scope & Content:
The Abyssinian minister Malik Ambar. Deccan, c.1650. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 29 January 1971. Drawing. 222 by 140 mm. Reverse: a 17th-century Mughal sketch of a nobleman and his lady. The minister stands facing right, his face in profile, holding a long sword, and wearing a s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

32. Add Or 3296

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3296
Title:
A Buddhist Lama from Lhasa.
Scope & Content:
A Buddhist Lama from Lhasa. Inscribed as above?. 270 by 182 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

33. Add Or 3803

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3803
Title:
A Calcutta paddle-steamer with three Europeans on board. Artist(s): Becaram Das Pande (fl. 1855-65)
Scope & Content:
A Calcutta paddle-steamer with three Europeans on board. One top-hatted man looks through his telescope, another stands beside a woman seated on a chair. A boatman stands at the stern, with an armed sepoy beside him. The boat has a nude female figure for a figurehead, red and green sails and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 Item

34. Add Or 3919

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3919
Title:
George Potter wearing a white suit and seated on a chair. Artist(s): Lachman Singh II (fl.1820s)
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length portrait of George Potter wearing a white suit and seated on a chair, holding a leather-bound book in his left hand and a hookah-snake in his right. By the Calcutta artist Lachman Singh, c.1828. Inscribed below: ‘Babu Lutchmun Singh Painter’; on back: ‘George to his most a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1828
Extent:
1 Item

35. Add Or 4038

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4038
Title:
Colonel Jacob Petrus (1755-1850) seated on a veranda smoking a hookah
Scope & Content:
Colonel Jacob Petrus (1755-1850) wearing a top hat, blue breeches and a black jacket with an orange collar and cuffs, seated on a veranda smoking a hookah. His sword rests on a footstool. A servant wearing a green flowered jacket stands behind him holding a chowrie. By a Delhi artist, c.1840....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

36. Add Or 4124

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4124
Title:
A British official, wearing undress army uniform, accompanied by two ladies and two small girls
Scope & Content:
A British official, wearing undress army uniform, accompanied by two ladies and two small girls, the latter in tweed coats. By a Kotah artist, c.1870. Opaque water-colour and body-colour; 160 by 130 mm. Presented by Mr. H. Carr, 1981. Note: For comparison, see the Kotah sketches in S.C.Welch...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

37. Add Or 4125

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4125
Title:
A Hindu nobleman and an officer of the Bengal Cavalry standing hand in hand, with three retainers
Scope & Content:
A Hindu nobleman and an officer of the Bengal Cavalry standing hand in hand, with three bewhiskered retainers dressed only in dhoti’s’ and loose upper garments. By a Delhi or Alwar artist, 1850-70. Water-colour and body-colour: 350 by 463 mm (inside painted frame); 386 by 506 mm (size of page)...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1870
Extent:
1 Item

38. Add Or 4470

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4470
Title:
Alexander the Great, a bust portrait in a cartouche
Scope & Content:
Alexander the Great, a bust portrait in a cartouche. Inscription: ‘Sultan Sikandar, Zul Kharnain’ In a cartouche: 48 by 35 mm; album page 123 by 65 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1825
Extent:
1 Item

39. Add Or 4474

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4474
Title:
William Fraser (1784-1835)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of William Fraser (1784-1835), half-length, seated in a chair, holding the snake of a hookah in his left hand and a handkerchief in his right. By a Delhi artist, c.1820-25. Opaque water-colour with gold, within an oval 105 by 87 mm, within a rectangular frame with gold flowering creep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1825
Extent:
1 Item

40. Add Or 4659

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4659
Title:
Portrait of William Fraser (1784-1835), Assistant Resident at Delhi
Scope & Content:
Portrait of William Fraser (1784-1835), Assistant Resident at Delhi. By a Delhi artist, c.1835. Inscribed on reverse:’ Faridansaheb Deputy Kamishoner of Delhi’ and in Urdu’: Shamsheri Khan ne marvaya - aur unko badle men phansi di ga’i’ (‘he was killed on the instance of Shamsher Khan and he...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1835
Extent:
1 Item

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