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1. Add Or 344

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Add Or 344
Title:
Hindu women worshipping at a shrine to Ganesa.
Scope & Content:
Hindu woman worshipping at a shrine to Ganesh. Inscribed: ‘A Hindoo woman worshipping.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 483

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Add Or 483
Title:
A landscape with a shrine and pilgrims
Scope & Content:
A scene at a shrine. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue borders with floral decoration in gold. 253 by 333 mm; pages 270 by 350 mm. Reproduced: Welch (1963), no.84; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 23. A shrine to Siva, flying a red banner from the roof pi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 484

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Add Or 484
Title:
A river scene with a nobleman in a morpunkhi, with a shrine and travellers
Scope & Content:
A river scene. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue borders with floral decoration in gold. 253 by 333 mm; pages 270 by 350 mm. Reproduced: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 24. In the middle of the river is a peacock barge in which a wealthy nobleman rides, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 486

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Add Or 486
Title:
Golden Temple, Amritsar
Scope & Content:
The Golden Temple, Amritsar (Punjab). By an Amritsar artist, c.1860. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i sri darbar sahib jiv waqi‘ah i shahr i Amritsar -jiv parastish-gah i Sikhan’ (Picture of the Holy Sikh Temple situated in the city of Amritsar; the holy worshipping place of the Sik...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 568

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Add Or 568
Title:
Shwehmawdaw Pagoda, Pegu, Burma
Scope & Content:
The Shwehmawdaw Pagoda, Pegu, Burma. Probably by an Indian artist in Calcutta, c.1800. Inscribed: ‘Choemadoo, the Great Temple at Pegue. See Syme’s Ava, p.186. Height 361’; on back a note written by Sotheby’s in 1888. Water-colour; 18 by 23 ins. Pink border with Indian ink rules. Purchase...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 578

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Add Or 578
Title:
Three women and two drummers before a shrine to Krishna.
Scope & Content:
Three women and two drummers before a shrine to Krishna. Inscribed: ‘Dancing before a Hindu God.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 672

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Add Or 672
Title:
Temple of Srirangam, Trichinopoly.
Scope & Content:
Temple of Srirangam, Trichinopoly. Inscribed: ‘Temple of Streerangam, Trichinopoly.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 675

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Add Or 675
Title:
Rock, Fort and bridge between Trichinopoly and Srirangam
Scope & Content:
Rock, fort and bridge between Trichinopoly and Srirangam. Inscribed: ‘A Temple on a Hill and a Bridge near to Trichinopoly.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 756

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Add Or 756
Title:
North-east view of the Vighnesvara temple, Tanjore
Scope & Content:
North-east view of the Vighnesvara temple, Tanjore. Inscribed: ‘83. North East View of the Vignaswar Pagoda of the little fort of Tanjour. Constructed by His Excellency Serfojee Maha Rajah. 1st June, 1803.’ Also notes and measurements. 9 by 14.75 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 757

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Add Or 757
Title:
South view of the Temple of Avutaiyar Kovil, near Tanjore
Scope & Content:
South view of the temple of Avutaiyar Kovil, near Tanjore. Inscribed: ‘84. No.10. A South View of the Selebrated Pagoda of Auvedayar covil. Mysore Coll. of drawings.’ Also measurements. 16.5 by 22.75 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 Item

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