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21. Add Or 3214

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3214
Title:
North view of the fort of Chunargarh on the Ganges from across the river.
Scope & Content:
North view of the fort of Chunargarh on the Ganges from across the river. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘North view of Chunar Ghurr Fort; North View of Chunar Ghur Fort on the Ganges between Benares and Mirzapore’; in pencil: ‘From a Painting by Daniels.’ 420 by 582 mm; 372 by 504 mm within border.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

22. Add Or 3215

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3215
Title:
The Great Imambara of Asaf al-Daula, Lucknow
Scope & Content:
The Great Imambara of Asaf al-Daula, Lucknow. Inscribed on back in pencil and ink: ‘Emaumbarree at Lucknow.’. 420 by 550 mm; 3171 by 507 mm within border. Note: The same view is in the Wellesley Album, Add.Or.1146.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

23. Add Or 3216

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3216
Title:
The tomb of Shaikh Ibrahim Chishti (d. 1543) at the Nadan Mahal, Lucknow
Scope & Content:
The tomb of Shaikh Ibrahim Chishti (d. 1543) at the Nadan Mahal, Lucknow. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Niran Mahl near Lucknow and Mosque built in the time of the Emperor Ackbar.’ 393 by 506 mm; 328 by 442 mm within border. Note: The same view, uninscribed, is in the Wellesley Album, Add.Or.1136.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

24. Add Or 3217

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3217
Title:
Tomb of Itimad al-Daula, Agra
Scope & Content:
Tomb of I‘timad al-Daula, Agra. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Tomb of Etmaum Ul Dowlah - Agra’: in ink: ‘Etemaum-Dowlah’s Tomb opposite Agra on the Left Bank of the River Jumna.’. 429 by 554 mm; 386 by 511 mm within border.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

25. Add Or 3218

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3218
Title:
Tomb of Maryam az-Zamani at Sikandra
Scope & Content:
Tomb of Maryam az-Zamani at Sikandra. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘A Mussulmaun’s Tomb - near Agra 40 miles from it: A Mussulman Tomb 40 miles from Agra.’ 305 by 425 mm; 235 by 370 mm within border. Note: The same view, also unidentified precisely, is in the Wellesley Album, Add.Or.1145.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

26. Add Or 3219

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3219
Title:
Entrance to the Taj Mahal, Agra
Scope & Content:
Entrance to the Taj Mahal, Agra. In the foreground a bullock cart, a tent, a palanquin and elephant, with a gentleman of rank proceeding to the entrance. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Gateway leading to the Taaje Mahal’; in ink: ‘Gateway leading to the Taje Mahal near Agra’. 423 by 551 mm; 39...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

27. Add Or 3220

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3220
Title:
Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still
Scope & Content:
Two men preparing arrack in a hut with a pot-still. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Bengal Distillery of spirituous liquors. Distillery of Spirituous Liquors in Bengal.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

28. Add Or 3230

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3230
Title:
The Muharram Festival. Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, listening at night to the maulvi reading from the scriptures
Scope & Content:
The Muharram Festival. Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, listening at night to the ‘maulvi’ reading from the scriptures. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘The Nubob of Moorshedd.- at Prayers’; in ink: ‘The Nawaub of Morshedabad at Prayers, a Night Scene.’. 425 by 552 mm; 392 by 519 mm within border. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

29. Add Or 3231

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3231
Title:
Scene in the Imambara at the height of the Muharram Festival
Scope & Content:
Scene in the Imambara at the height of the Muharram Festival. The ‘ta‘ziya’ and standards in the central domed pavilion are illuminated by lamps and a fire. In the courtyard around the pavilion many figures dressed in the green of mourning weep and beat their breasts. Inscribed on back in i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

30. Add Or 3232

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3232
Title:
The veneration of the standards during the Muharram Festival
Scope & Content:
The veneration of the standards during the Muharram Festival.. Garlands and flowers are being offered to the furled standards, which have been placed by a tomb under a canopy beside a banyan tree. Tents in the background. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Mussulman ceremony during the Mohurram.’ ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item