A scene at a shrine. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue borders with floral decoration in gold. 253 by 333 mm; pages 270 by 350 mm. Reproduced: Welch (1963), no.84; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 23. A shrine to Siva, flying a red banner from the roof pi...
A river scene with a nobleman in a morpunkhi, with a shrine and travellers
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A river scene. Murshidabad, c.1760. Purchased January 1957. Gouache with gold; pale blue borders with floral decoration in gold. 253 by 333 mm; pages 270 by 350 mm. Reproduced: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 24. In the middle of the river is a peacock barge in which a wealthy nobleman rides, ...
The Golden Temple, Amritsar (Punjab). By an Amritsar artist, c.1860. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i sri darbar sahib jiv waqi‘ah i shahr i Amritsar -jiv parastish-gah i Sikhan’ (Picture of the Holy Sikh Temple situated in the city of Amritsar; the holy worshipping place of the Sik...
A tandem harnessed to a high-wheeled gig; the grooms standing by, a dog in the foreground.. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
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A tandem harnessed to a high-wheeled gig; the grooms standing by, a dog in the foreground. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Shaikh Muhammad Amir musauwir sakin i Karraya’ (Shaikh Muhammad Amir painter, resident of Karraya); on back of original mount: ‘Maggy Lauder’ (perhaps the names of the ho...
A flea-bitten grey horse with its groom holding a fly whisk and a red and blue horse-cloth.. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
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A flea-bitten grey horse with its groom holding a fly whisk and a red and blue horse-cloth. Inscribed in Persian characters: --’d Amir musauwir’; on back of original mount: ‘Hermit’ (perhaps the name of the horse). Water-colour; 11.5 by 17.5 ins.