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811. Add Or 183

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Add Or 183
Title:
Water-carrier with pots on a yoke. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:
Water-carrier with pots on a yoke. Inscribed: ‘Bankwalla.’ Note: ‘Bankwalla’ is a corruption of ‘bahangi wala,’ a porter who balances two loads at either end of a ‘bahangi’ (a yoke).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1846
Extent:
1 Item

812. Add Or 184

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 184
Title:
Brahmin with brass vessel and dish of flowers; river scene in background.. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:
Brahmin with brass vessel and dish of flowers; river scene in background. Inscribed: ‘Bruhman. S. Mohammed Ameer. Pa’ Std at Kurraya.’ Note: 1845 water-mark.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1846
Extent:
1 Item

813. Add Or 185

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 185
Title:
Women sweetmeat-seller (halwain) with customer. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:
Woman sweetmeat-seller ‘(halwain)’ with customer. Inscribed: ‘Hulwaen. S. Mohammed Am(eer).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1846
Extent:
1 Item

814. Add Or 186

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 186
Title:
Women sweetmeat-seller (halwain) with customer.. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:
Woman sweetmeat-seller ‘(halwain)’ with customer (duplicate of 185 with different colouring.) Inscribed: ‘Halwayen.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1846
Extent:
1 Item

815. Add Or 187

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 187
Title:
Cook (bawarchi) in his kitchen with oven and spit.. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:
Cook ‘(bawarchi)’ in his kitchen with oven and spit. Inscribed: ‘Baborchee.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1846
Extent:
1 Item

816. Add Or 188

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 188
Title:
Raja Amar Singh (1787-98) of Tanjore
Scope & Content:
Raja Amar Singh of Tanjore (ruled 1787-98); full length portrait facing right, holding a rose in his left hand. Inscribed: ‘The Present Rajah of Tanjore - 1797 - Rajah Hammah Sing Bonisilie.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

817. Add Or 189

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 189
Title:
Vaisnava begging from a women; he holds a hand punkah and a begging bowl.
Scope & Content:
Vaishnava begging from a woman; he holds a hand punkah and a begging bowl Inscribed: ‘A Brahminy Beggar.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

818. Add Or 190

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 190
Title:
A man from the uplands (palaiyakkaran)
Scope & Content:
A man from the uplands (‘palaiyakkaran’); the man holds a spear and two horns; his wife a basket. Inscribed: ‘A Polygar - or Indian Highlander.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

819. Add Or 191

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 191
Title:
Soldier and wife
Scope & Content:
Soldier and wife; the man has a bow, arrows, sword and buckler. Inscribed: ‘An Indian Warrior.’ Note: Coloured version of Add.Or.1953
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

820. Add Or 192

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 192
Title:
Barber and his wife
Scope & Content:
Barber and wife; the man holds a razor and small bow, his wife holds another razor. Inscribed: ‘Ampticara or barber.’ Reproduced as plate 16 in Howes, J. 'Illustrating India: The Early colonial investigations of Colin Mackenzie'. Delhi: OUP, 2010.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

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