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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406 Digitised Content No

211. Add Or 5136

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Add Or 5136
Title:
A Kashmiri couple
Scope & Content:
A Kashmiri couple. Inscribed on recto in Urdu?: and on verso in ink: ‘A Man & Woman of thecommon order of Cashmeerees.’ Opaque water-colour and gold; 155 by 115 mm (only half of a drawing).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

212. Add Or 5137

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Add Or 5137
Title:
An Akali and his wife
Scope & Content:
An Akali and his wife. Inscribed on recto in Urdu?: and on verso in ink: ‘An Akalee & his Wife or as Sir John Malcolm calls them Immortals..’ Opaque water-colour and gold; 163 by 197 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

213. Add Or 5138

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Add Or 5138
Title:
Rama enthroned on a terrace by a pool, a lady, possibly Sita, making an offering on a golden tray, and Hanuman
Scope & Content:
Rama enthroned on a terrace by a pool, a lady, possibly Sita, making an offering on a golden tray, and Hanuman standing respectfully by. By a Murshidabad artist, c.1790. Inscribed above: ‘1.’ Opaque water-colour and gold, within a red painted frame; 270 by 187 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

214. Add Or 5139

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Title:
Half-length portrait of a lady holding a golden spoon and bowl in a painted octagonal cartouche
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of a lady holding a golden spoon and bowl in a painted octagonal cartouche, against a plain green ground. By a Murshidabad artist, c.1780. Inscribed above: ‘2.’ Opaque water-colour and gold in a rectangular frame, laid down on a dull red album page; size of cartouche: 92 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

215. Add Or 5140

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Add Or 5140
Title:
A Nawab, possibly 'Alivardi Khan of Bengal (1740-56), seated on a throne
Scope & Content:
A Nawab, possibly Alivardi Khan of Bengal (1740-56), seated on a throne facing left on a terrace with attendants, a lake and landscape behind. By a Murshidabad artist, c.1780. Inscribed above: ‘3.’ Opaque water-colour and gold and silver within a painted frame of an album page border in deep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

216. Add Or 5141

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Add Or 5141
Title:
A Nawab, possibly Mir Jafar of Bengal (1756-60, 1763-65), seated on a throne
Scope & Content:
A Nawab, possibly Mir Jafar of Bengal (1756-60, 1763-65), seated on a throne facing right on a terrace with attendants, a lake and landscape behind. By a Murshidabad artist, c.1780. Inscribed above: ‘4.’ Opaque water-colour and gold and silver within a painted frame of an album page border in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

217. Add Or 5142

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Title:
Eight capriccio river scenes on the Pearl River, Canton. Boats among islands in a mountainous landscape with a village and a temple.
Scope & Content:
Boats among islands in a mountainous landscape with a village and a temple. Note: Possibly meant for the islands and temples on the opposite bank of the river to Canton.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1820
Extent:
1 Item

218. Add Or 5143

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Title:
Eight capriccio river scenes on the Pearl River, Canton. Boats on a river flowing through a Chinese city, with a large but distant fire.
Scope & Content:
Boats on a river flowing through a Chinese city, with a large but distant fire. Note: Possiby meant for Canton below the foreign factories, which were destroyed in a great fire in 1822.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1820
Extent:
1 Item

219. Add Or 5144

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Title:
Eight capriccio river scenes on the Pearl River, Canton. Looking downriver. A painted junk on the river with the Canton city wall on the hills beyond.
Scope & Content:
Looking downriver. A painted junk on the river with the Canton city wall on the hills beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1820
Extent:
1 Item

220. Add Or 5145

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Add Or 5145
Title:
Eight capriccio river scenes on the Pearl River, Canton. Looking downriver. Looking downriver. Painted junks on the river with an island fort on the left and the Whampoa Pagoda in the distance.
Scope & Content:
Looking downriver. Painted junks on the river with an island fort on the left and the Whampoa Pagoda in the distance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1820
Extent:
1 Item