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181. Add Or 4614

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4614
Title:
Design for a carved wooden settee with a back of two lobes, and legs with four alternative designs (including two of angels).
Scope & Content:
Design for a carved wooden settee with a back of two lobes, and legs with four alternative designs (including two of angels). Inscribed on the recto in nagari’: 26;’ and on the verso in Urdu: ‘madhu prashad beni prashad roti kunvan banaras’; watermark (partly cut off):’ [Luc]know [Pape]r Mills....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

182. Add Or 4615

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4615
Title:
Design for an armchair with claw-footed fish-shaped cabriole legs and with caparisoned elephants as arms.
Scope & Content:
Design for an armchair with claw-footed fish-shaped cabriole legs and with caparisoned elephants as arms. Inscribed in nagari on verso: ‘21’; watermark: ‘A. Pirie & Son Limited Aberdeen & London.’ 20.5 by 33.5 cm. Note: A similar chair with lion arms is published by S.C. Welch, ‘Room...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

183. Add Or 5475, f.30(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.30(b)
Title:
The Emperor's throne beneath Shah Jahan's Scales of Justice in he Tasbih Khana. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s)
Scope & Content:
The Emperor’s throne beneath Shah Jahan’s Scales of Justice in the Tasbih Khana. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i andarun-i tasbih khana … divan-i khass. ‘amal-i Mazhar ‘Ali Khan.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

184. Add Or 5475, f.37(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.37(b)
Title:
The imperial jharoka in the Diwan-i 'Am. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s)
Scope & Content:
Closer view of the imperial ‘jharoka’ in the Diwan-i ‘Am. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i kursi andarun-i divan-i ‘amm ast’. ‘‘amal-i Mazhar ‘Ali Khan.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

185. Add Or 5475, f.38

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.38
Title:
The panel of Florentine pietra dura work representing Orpheus charming the wild animals with his music, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
The panel of Florentine ‘pietra dura’ work representing Orpheus charming the wild animals with his music, installed at the back of throne in the ‘jharoka.’ 23.5 by 15.5 cm. Note: See Ebba Koch, ‘Shah Jahan and Orpheus’, Graz, 1988.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

186. Add Or 5475, f.39

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.39
Title:
Five smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Five smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., from the same place. Each 7 by 5.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

187. Add Or 5475, f.40

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.40
Title:
Four smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work, as well as Mughal pietra dura work, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Four similar panels, together with three others representing the Mughal inlay work on the same site.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

188. Add Or 5475, f.41

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.41
Title:
Three smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work, as well as a large panel of Mughal work, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Three similar panels, and one larger Mughal panel.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

189. C.44.h.5, 3(1095)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.44.h.5, 3(1095)
Title:
Brass lectern. Hardman and Co [at the Great Exhibition, London]. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
View of a church lectern in brass, on display at the Great Exhibition.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

190. C.44.h.5, 3(1098)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.44.h.5, 3(1098)
Title:
Fire grates. Hoole, Robson and Hoole [at the Great Exhibition, London]. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Display of three cast-iron grates, at the great Exhibition.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

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