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1691. Add Or 3232

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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

1692. Add Or 3233

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Title:
The ta'ziyahs being taken to the river for immersion on the last day of the Muhurram Festival, escorted by sepoys
Scope & Content:
The ‘ta‘ziyahs’ being taken to the river for immersion on the last day of the Muharram Festival, escorted by sepoys. One is being carried on an elephant; others on poles on mens’ shoulders. A frenzied crowd dances around. The river and woods and hills beyond. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

1693. Add Or 3234

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Title:
Firework display on a bright moonlit night outside the Agna Mahal, part of the Nawab's palace beside the river at Murshidabad
Scope & Content:
Firework display on a bright moonlit night outside the Agna Mahal, part of the Nawab’s palace beside the river at Murshidabad, with the riverside mosque on the right. In the background are the gateway leading to the Chandni Chowk and Munny Begum’s mosque. Men are letting off fireworks in the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

1694. Add Or 3244

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Title:
The Red Fort, Delhi, seen from the opposite bank of the Jumna
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The Red Fort, Delhi, seen from the opposite bank of the Jumna. A tent in the foreground. ‘Inscribed on front in pencil: Gen. View from opposite Bank of River Jumna of the Emperor’s Palace at Delhi. Selimghur.’ Watermark: ‘Edmeads & Pine 1809.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

1695. Add Or 3245

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Title:
The Diwan-i-Khas or Hall of Private Audience, Delhi
Scope & Content:
The Diwan-i-Khas or Hall of Private Audience, Delhi. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Royal Marble Hall of Audience Delhi.’ Watermark: ‘Edmeads & Pine 1809.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

1696. Add Or 3246

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Title:
The Shalimar Garden, near Delhi, with the garden-house used by Sir Charles Metcalfe
Scope & Content:
The Shalimar Garden, near Delhi, with the garden-house used by Sir Charles Metcalfe. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘The Garden of Shalimar now residence of’ ‘C. Metcalfe Esqre. near Delhi.’ Watermark: ‘J Whatman 1810.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

1697. Add Or 3247

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Title:
The Lahore Gate Delhi
Scope & Content:
The Lahore Gate (to the Fort or city?) Delhi. Tombs, villagers and animals in the foreground. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: in nagari characters: ; in English in pencil: ‘Lahore Gateway of Delhi’: on back in ink: ‘Lahore Gateway at Delhi’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1826
Extent:
1 Item

1698. Add Or 3248

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Title:
Selimgarh, Delhi, with the bridge leading to the Red Fort
Scope & Content:
Selimgarh, Delhi, with the bridge leading to the Red Fort. Villagers bathing and sitting on the river bank in the foreground, also a camel. Inscribed on front in Persian characters:. in nagari characters: ; in English in pencil: ‘Selimghur Delhi’; on back in ink: ‘Selim Ghu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1826
Extent:
1 Item

1699. Add Or 3249

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Title:
Bridge four miles south of Delhi on the Mathura road
Scope & Content:
Bridge four miles south of Delhi on the Mathura road. Two villagers crossing the river and two walking on the sand. Inscribed on front in Persian characters:. in nagari characters: ‘Dilhi pul;’ in English in pencil: ‘Bridge two coss South of Delhi on the Muttra road;’ ditto on back in ink.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1826
Extent:
1 Item

1700. Add Or 3250

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Title:
The fortress of Weir near Bharatpur
Scope & Content:
The fortress of Weir near Bharatpur. In the foreground outside the mud?? walls, animals and villagers and a well. Inscribed on front in Persian characters:. in English in pencil: ‘Weir;’ on back in ink: ‘Weir, another Mud Fort which surrendered to the British Troops after the Fall of Bhurtpor...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1826
Extent:
1 Item

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