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1731. Add Or 4397

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Title:
The Mughal emperor Babur (reg. 1526-30)
Scope & Content:
The Mughal emperor Babur (reg.1526-30), standing facing right and holding a hawk. Inscription (transposed with next): ‘Humayun Padshah.’. 170 by 85 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1825
Extent:
1 Item

1732. Add Or 4471

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Title:
The Ramlila spectacle at Benares
Scope & Content:
The Ramlila spectacle, with Laksmana attacking a gigantic Ravana, monkeys and bears fighting the demons, and Rama and the monkey and bear chiefs directing operations, before a large audience including Bengal Army sepoys. By a Patna/Benares artist, c.1830-40. Body-colour on mica; 210 by 255 mm....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835-1840
Extent:
1 Item

1733. Add Or 4669

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Add Or 4669
Title:
The shrine of Shah Sharaf Bu 'Ali Qalandari at Panipat. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), attributed to
Scope & Content:
The shrine of Shah Sharaf Bu ‘Ali Qalandari at Panipat, showing the domed tomb (14th century) with its late Mughal portico and entrance screen; and the adjacent tomb of Navab Muqarrab Khan (d.1646). Groups of people are standing or talking in the courtyard. Inscribed beneath in Persian’: naqsh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

1734. Add Or 4691

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Title:
Bungalows on the shore of Lake Mora at Gaya, viewed from the hills. Artist(s): Jairam Das (fl.1830s)
Scope & Content:
Bungalows on the shore of Lake Mora at Gaya, viewed from the hills. By the Patna artist, Jairam Das, 1836. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Gyah 1836. Jairam fecit.’. Water-colour heightened with white: 150 by 205 mm. Purchased 1994. Note: Jairam Das was an artist much used by Sir Charles D’Oyl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 Item

1735. Add Or 4696

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Add Or 4696
Title:
A substantial house with balcony and portico set in a garden, with Indian attendants and a syce and horse waiting.
Scope & Content:
A substantial house with balcony and portico set in a garden, with Indian attendants and a syce and horse waiting. Inscribed in pencil on the mount: ‘Our house in Trichinopoly Janry 1870’. 204 by 340 mm. Purchased February 1995.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

1736. Add Or 4697

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Add Or 4697
Title:
A bungalow with separate offices by the river Cauvery with the Upper Anicut.
Scope & Content:
A bungalow with separate offices by the river Cauvery with the Upper Anicut. Identified in pencil on reverse of mount: ‘Collector’s bungalow at upper Anicut.’. 172 by 293 mm. Note: The Upper Anicut constructed 1836-8 regulates the flow of water between the rivers Cauvery and Coleroon round th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

1737. Add Or 4698

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Add Or 4698
Title:
Grounds of Duncan Campbell's house at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Grounds viewed from the top of a house, the latter’s shadow cast over the grass, with the Ganges beyond and Lord Moira’s pinnance budgerows at the water’s edge. Inscribed below: ‘Grounds of Duncan Campbell Esqr. at Patna.’ 357 by 534 mm. Note: Duncan Campbell, Opium Agent at Patna., 1812-21....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

1738. Add Or 4699

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Title:
View of one side of the main street in the Indian city of Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
View of one side of the main street in the Indian city of Patna, with an elephant and carriages. Watercolour of street scene in Patna from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Ha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

1739. Add Or 4700

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Add Or 4700
Title:
Both sides of the main street of Patna, dominated by two facing chattris. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Both sides of the main street of Patna, dominated by two facing ‘chattris.’ Inscribed below: ‘Another view of the great Choke.’ 370 by 532 mm. Watercolour of street sceen in Patna from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Patna to Benares Vol. II' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hasti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

1740. Add Or 4701

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Add Or 4701
Title:
The opium godown or store within its compound at Patna. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The opium godown or store within its compound at Patna. The principal facade has as its basement storey a rusticated arcade and alternating pedimented windows and pilasters. Inscribed below: ‘Opium Godown at Patna.’ 245 by 349 mm. Watercolour of an Opium Godown in Patna from 'Views by Seeta ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 Item

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