Unpublished drawing by D’Oyly for his humorous poem 'Tom Raw the Griffin'. The image of Durga being cast in to the Hooghly at the end of the Durga Puja festival. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845)
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The image of Durga being cast in to the Hooghly at the end of the Durga Puja festival. Water-colour; 16.7 by 23 cm. Note: Illustration to Canto 7, lines 3933-3941
River banks at evening. A goat is being sacrificed and women float lamps on the water, possibly celebrating Durga puja. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
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River banks at evening. A goat is being sacrificed and women float lamps on the water, possibly celebrating Durga puja. 23 by 66 cm.
Europeans being entertained by dancers and musicians in a splendid Indian house in Calcutta during Durga puja. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)
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Europeans being entertained by dancers and musicians in a splendid Indian house during Durga puja. 23 by 43.5 cm. Note: A study for this composition, clearly not by Prinsep, is at WD4495. The subject matter and treatment is rather unlike Prinsep’s normal style, and it is possible that this i...
Muharram festival procession. Artist(s): Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
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Muharram festival procession. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Procession of the Tazeeas during the Moohurram at the P.hatman a Moosulman Burial Ground - Benares’. Water-colour; 25.4 by 17.4 cm. Purchased 1994. Note: Reproduced in ‘Benares illustrated’, lithographed by G. Barnard, '.... the spot in wh...
A procession approaching the fort of Gwalior. Artist(s): Dean, Frank (1865-1947)
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A procession approaching the fort of Gwalior. Water-colour; 45 by 60 cm. Original gilt frame. Signed and dated: ‘Frank Dean Gwalior India 1909.’ Exhibited: The Fine Arts Society, 1910. Purchased 1997.
The bridge at Borkhandi near Kotah, erected by Zalim Singh Regent of Kotah. A royal procession with elephants and camels is crossing the bridge, while on the near bank some cavalrymen wait while a seated civilian admires the scene.. Artist(s): Waugh,
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The bridge at Borkhandi near Kotah, erected by Zalim Singh Regent of Kotah. A royal procession with elephants and camels is crossing the bridge, while on the near bank some cavalrymen wait while a civilian in top hat and tailcoat seated on a ‘morha’ admires the scene. By Patrick Young Waugh (1...
August 28th 1862, Dublin [marriage of Alexander Hutchinson Lawrence]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Wedding group posed in the garden of an unidentified house, presumably that of the bride's father. The couple are Sir Alexander Hutchinson Lawrence and his bride Alice Eacy, née Kennedy.
Album of drawings made during the artist's first tour of India.. Artist(s): Massingham, Mike (b.1952)
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Album of drawings made during Massingham’s first tour of India in 1986. Cloth covered notebook purchased from a stationer in New Delhi. 290 by 230 mm. Note: Massingham’s luggage was stolen three months into this journey, so this notebook replaced the sketchbook he had originally been using. ...
Nautch at a grand Calcutta mansion, with English guests being entertained. Artist(s): Hutchisson, William Henry Florio (fl. 1815-1861), attributed to
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A nautch party in a grand Calcutta mansion for Durga Puja, with British visitors being entertained, 1830-40. Dancers and musicians are in the centre before the seated visitors, brilliantly lit from above. The shrine with the Goddess image is in the rear, while the shadowy wings are occupied by...
'Sikh priest reading the Grunth, Umritsur'. Plate 25 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
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'Sikh priest reading the Grunth, Umritsur'. Plate 25 from Simpson's 'India: ancient and modern', chromolithographs by, and published by, Day & Son, London, 1867.. Artist(s): Day & Son, after Simpson, William (1823-1899)
