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211. Add Or 1057

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1057
Title:
A lady
Scope & Content:
A lady. Mughal, c.1760. Inscribed above in Persian:’ nur jahan’; on reverse in English: ‘Nur Jehan whose husband was murdered by Jehangir and she taken into the Haram.’ Drawing; mounted on paper; border of grey paper. 113 by 84 mm; page 224 by 158 mm. A lady, facing right, stands holding a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

212. Add Or 1058

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1058
Title:
A lady
Scope & Content:
A lady. Mughal, c.1760. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Humshira Nur Jehan sister of Nur Jehan the wife of Shir Afgun Khan who was carried off by Jehangir’; in Persian: ... ‘rumshirah nur jahan.’ Drawing; mounted on paper; border of grey paper. 106 by 80 mm; page 224 by 160 mm. A lady, facing left, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

213. Add Or 1059

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1059
Title:
Two female heads
Scope & Content:
Two female heads. Mughal, c.1760. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘ran’(?); numbered ‘27.’ Drawing; mounted on paper; border of grey paper. 84 by 42 mm; page 224 by 157 mm. Two female heads sketched one above the other, facing right and left, each with a veil.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

214. Add Or 1858

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1858
Title:
Krishna and Kaliya. Artist(s): Sona Kumari (fl.1850-60)
Scope & Content:
Krishna and Kaliya. Drawing with gouache; red border 240 by 180 mm. Krishna is seated on the head of Kaliya playing his flute, with two of the snake wives attending him; aquatic larvae swim in the water and above. Note: Women painters of the family of Siva Lal were mostly employed on devotion...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

215. Add Or 1859

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1859
Title:
Krishna and Kaliya. Artist(s): Sona Kumari (fl.1850-60)
Scope & Content:
Krishna and Kaliya. Drawing. 205 by 150 mm. Krishna triumphs over Kaliya and his wives, whom he drives before him using reins; three aquatic larvae swim above him.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

216. Add Or 1878

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1878
Title:
Courtesan seated on a chair smoking a hookah.
Scope & Content:
Courtesan seated on a chair smoking a hookah.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

217. Add Or 1879

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1879
Title:
Courtesan, head and shoulders, with rose in her hand
Scope & Content:
Courtesan, head and shoulders, a rose in her hand. 475 by 305 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

218. Add Or 1880

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1880
Title:
Courtesan playing a tambura, draped curtains above her
Scope & Content:
Courtesan playing a ‘tambura,’ draped curtains above her. 430 by 270 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

219. Add Or 1884

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1884
Title:
Courtesan seated on a chair combing her hair; draped curtains above.
Scope & Content:
Courtesan seated on a chair combing her hair; draped curtains above.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

220. Add Or 1886

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1886
Title:
A woman holding pan and a maid standing by with a nargila pipe.
Scope & Content:
A woman holding ‘pan’ and a maid standing by with a ‘nargila pipe.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1885
Extent:
1 Item

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