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1. 455.c.8(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
455.c.8(41)
Title:
'Ragonath Row Ballajee; Pundit Purdhan, Peshwa of the Mahratta Empire. Jam. Forbes, 1775.' Pl. 41, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813. Artist(s): Wageman, T., after Forbes, James (1749-1819)
Scope & Content:
'Ragonath Row Ballajee; Pundit Purdhan, Peshwa of the Mahratta Empire. Jam. Forbes, 1775.' Pl. 41, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813.. Artist(s): Wageman, T., after Forbes, James (1749-1819)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812-1813
Extent:
1 Item

2. 455.c.8(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
455.c.8(42)
Title:
'The Mahratta Peshwa, and his ministers at Poonah. Drawn from an original sketch belonging to Sir Charles Malet Bar.' Pl. 42, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813. Artist(s): Wageman, T., after Wales, James (1747-95)
Scope & Content:
'The Mahratta Peshwa, and his ministers at Poonah. Drawn from an original sketch belonging to Sir Charles Malet Bar.' Pl. 42, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813.. Artist(s): Wageman, T., after Wales, James (1747-95)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812-1813
Extent:
1 Item

3. 455.c.8(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
455.c.8(44)
Title:
'Mohman Khaun, Nabob of Cambay. .. Jam. Forbes, 1782' Pl. 44, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813. Artist(s): Wageman, T., after Forbes, James (1749-1819)
Scope & Content:
'Mohman Khaun, Nabob of Cambay. ... Jam. Forbes, 1782' Pl. 44, in Forbes, J. 'Oriental Memoirs.' Volume 2. London: 1813.. Artist(s): Wageman, T., after Forbes, James (1749-1819)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1812-1813
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add MS 21475, f.1

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Add MS 21475, f.1
Title:
Maharaja Sambhaji
Scope & Content:
Maharaja Sambhaji (1657-89, reg. 1680-89) seated on a terrace holding a flower. Maratha, late 17th century. Opaque pigments and gold on paper. 146 by 220mm (including border). Inscribed above in nagari: Maharaja Sambhajiraje. Sambhaji (1657-89) was the eldest son of Sivaji, leader of th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add MS 27255

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 27255
Title:
Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. One hundred and ten miniatures
Scope & Content:
‘Tashrih al-aqvam’, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. One hundred and ten miniatures. Delhi Company style. AH1241=AD1825. Literatu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825
Extent:
1 item

6. Add Or 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1
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

7. Add Or 2

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Add Or 2
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

8. Add Or 188

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Add Or 188
Title:
Raja Amar Singh (1787-98) of Tanjore
Scope & Content:
Raja Amar Singh of Tanjore (ruled 1787-98); full length portrait facing right, holding a rose in his left hand. Inscribed: ‘The Present Rajah of Tanjore - 1797 - Rajah Hammah Sing Bonisilie.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 342

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Add Or 342
Title:
The Emperor Akbar Shah II and four of his sons. Artist(s): Ghulam Murtaza Khan (fl. 1800-30)
Scope & Content:
The emperor Akbar Shah II (1806-37). By Ghulam Murtaza Khan, Mughal, Delhi, c.1815. Purchased April 1956. Signed on left of sky in Persian: ‘‘amal-i nadir al-zaman bihzad raqam mulazzam-i huzur-i vala ghulam murtaza khan’ (the work of the Wonder of the Age, Peer of Bihzad, attendant upon the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 343

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Add Or 343
Title:
Abu Zafar Siraj al-Din Muhammad (later Bahadur Shah II ). Artist(s): Ghulam Murtaza Khan (fl. 1800-30)
Scope & Content:
Abu Zafar Siraj al-Din Muhammad (later Bahadur Shah II, 1837-58). By Ghulam Murtaza Khan, Mughal, Delhi, c.1815. Purchased April 1956. Signed on right of balustrade in Persian: ‘‘amal-i ghulam murtaza musavvir’ (the work of the painter Ghulam Murtaza); inscribed on sky: ‘shabih-i murshidzadah...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

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