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Subject parks and gardens

1. Add Or 488

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Add Or 488
Title:
Calcutta house surrounded by a garden with tank and out-houses. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:
A Calcutta house surrounded by a garden with tank and out-houses. Water-colour; 18 by 26.75 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1845
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 553

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Add Or 553
Title:
Qudsiya Gardens, Delhi
Scope & Content:
The Qudsiya Gardens, Delhi; a boat and cattle on the left and a number of figures in the foreground. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i Qudsiyah Bagh’ (Picture of the Qudsiya Bagh); on back in English: ‘16. The Koodseah grove at Delhi.’ Note: This drawing is a copy of the aqu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1825
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 567

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Add Or 567
Title:
Taj Mahal, Agra, and the garden
Scope & Content:
The Taj Mahal, Agra, and the entrance gardens with trees, cypresses and flower beds; a gardener with a basket of greenery on his head in the foreground. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1820. Water-colour; 22 by 27.25 ins. Narrow Indian ink border between double rules. 1816 water-mark. Purchase...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 571

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Add Or 571
Title:
The King and Queen of Burma proceeding to the royal garden
Scope & Content:
The King and Queen of Burma under royal umbrellas with their courtiers and ladies in procession proceeding to the royal garden. By a Burmese artist, 1870-85. Inscribed below in Burmese: .................. (To the royal garden). Opaque water-colour; section from a ‘parabaik’: 315 by 520 mm. P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1885
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 740

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Add Or 740
Title:
Palladian garden-house near Madras.
Scope & Content:
Palladian garden-house near Madras. By a Madras artist, c.1790. Inscribed on mount: ‘House built by Thomas Powney Esq., 2 miles from Fort St George on the Mount Road.’ Water-colour; 6.5 by 13.25 ins. Purchased 10 August 1957. Note: Thomas Powney (1721-82) was a free merchant living in Madra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 1137

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Add Or 1137
Title:
Palladian mansion with formal garden
Scope & Content:
Palladian mansion with formal garden.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1804
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 1415

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Add Or 1415
Title:
Shalimar Gardens, 5 miles east of Lahore.
Scope & Content:
The Shalimar Gardens, 5 miles cast of Lahore. Inscribed: ‘Shalamar Gardin Lahore.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 1467

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1467
Title:
Shalimar Gardens, Lahore
Scope & Content:
The Shalimar Gardens, 5 miles east of Lahore. Inscribed in Persian characters:’ Shala Bagh.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 2127-2128

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Add Or 2127-2128
Title:
Two drawings of the garden of a wealthy Chinese merchant.
Scope & Content:
2 drawings of the garden of a Chinese merchant, bound into a volume together with Add.Or.2084-2126, 2129-2196. By a Canton artist, c.1800-05. Gouache; 16.5 by 21.5 ins. Deposited c.1806. Note: Add.Or.2127-28, which are inscribed Paan Khaquar Gardens, show the garden of a wealthy Chinese merc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1805
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 2661

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2661
Title:
A classical European style house with a garden in the foreground.
Scope & Content:
A classical European-style house with a garden in the foreground. Two gardeners are at work and a sepoy with a sundial hat is seated by the gate Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 14.5 by 20.5 ins. Indian ink and red rule border.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1796
Extent:
1 Item