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81. Add Or 5559

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5559
Title:
A Srivaisnava priest with a woven flag and a small woven vessel.
Scope & Content:
A Srivaisnava priest with a woven flag and a small woven vessel. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Bramny prêtre.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

82. Add Or 5562

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5562
Title:
A Srivaisnava priest holding a gold water-vessel in left hand, a bell in his right.
Scope & Content:
A Srivaisnava priest holding a gold water-vessel in left hand, a bell in his right. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Whistony ou serviteur des pagodas.’ Note: cf. ‘Wistnouwaes’ in Hobson-Jobson under ‘Vaishnava.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

83. Add Or 5563

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5563
Title:
A Srivaisnava ascetic carrying a torch and an oil flask with which he is servicing a flame burning in a tall vessel.
Scope & Content:
A Srivaisnava ascetic carrying a torch and an oil flask with which he is servicing a flame burning in a tall vessel. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Thade? espèce de pauvre qui mêne du feux partout avec lui.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

84. Add Or 5569

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5569
Title:
Hindu marriage ceremony, the man placing a garland round his wife's neck, a priest and a marriage pole with banana leaves beside them.
Scope & Content:
Hindu marriage ceremony, the man placing a garland round his wife’s neck, a priest and a marriage pole with banana leaves beside them. Husband and priest wear Saiva sect marks. Inscribed below (Hand C): ‘Mariage’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

85. IO Album 48,4758

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Album 48,4758
Title:
Hindu ascetic with long finger-nails accompanied by a young attendant.
Scope & Content:
Hindu ascetic with long finger-nails accompanied by a young attendant. Inscribed: ‘No.5. Hindoo Devotees.’ Note: Similar to central figure in Add.Or.1577.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

86. IO Album 48,4759

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Album 48,4759
Title:
Hindu ascetic carrying a bell
Scope & Content:
Hindu ascetic carrying a bell. Inscribed: ‘No.2. A Hindoo Devotee.’ Note: Similar to right hand figure in Add.Or.1577.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

87. IO Album 53,5040

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Album 53,5040
Title:
Hindu ascetic smoking a nargila pipe and holding a cane
Scope & Content:
Hindu ascetic smoking a ‘nargila’ pipe and holding a cane. Inscribed: ‘No.9. A Jogee or Hindoo Devotee.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

88. IO Album 53,5043

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Album 53,5043
Title:
Kabirpanthi female ascetic with staff and brass pot
Scope & Content:
‘Kabir panthi’ female ascetic with staff and brass pot. Inscribed: ‘No.10. A Hindoo Female Devotee.’ Note: Similar to female ascetic in Add.Or.1529.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

89. Johnson 15,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15,9
Title:
A lady visiting yoginis at night. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) style of
Scope & Content:
A lady visiting yoginis at night. Style of Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. An inscription above, probably an inventory note, has been obliterated. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold and oxidised silver borders; outer border of grey pap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

90. Johnson 16,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 16,2
Title:
A Kanphat yogi
Scope & Content:
A kanphat yogi. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; background retouched with the same yellow as J.16, 1; on an album leaf with stencilled chocolate border and grey paper margin. 123 by 79 mm; page 337 by 224 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item