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Record Id:

032-003263820

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003263820

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add Or 2603

Title:

Hardcastle Collection

Five ivory miniatures of Dost Muhammad Khan, Bahadur Shah II and three Mughal court ladies, set in a gilt and jewelled bracelet.

Scope & Content:

A gold bracelet set with emeralds and ornamented with five ivory miniatures of Dost Muhammad Khan, Bahadur Shah II and three Mughal court ladies.

Made by a Delhi artist and goldsmith, c.1864.

Names inscribed on back of miniatures in English and in Persian script: ‘Dost Mohommad’;’ Moti Mahal’;’ Bahadur Shah Mogul’;’ Nur Jahan’;’ Taj Mahal.’

Miniatures oval, water-colour on ivory; 0.625 by 0.5 ins.

Presented by Miss Fé1icité Hardcastle, 17 June 1965.

Note: This bracelet was acquired in India by Sir William Herschel and given to his sister, Maria S. Hardcastle, who gave it to her grand-daughter, Miss Félicité Hardcastle on 15 October 1924. Sir William James Herschel (1833-1917) served in the Bengal Civil Service from 1853 to 1878. He was on furlough in 1864 and probably gave the bracelet to his sister at this time as a wedding present. Bijouterie of this type was very popular in Delhi in the eighteen-sixties and seventies. B.H. Baden Powell refers to miniatures for bracelets in his ‘Handbook of the manufactures and arts of the Punjab’ (Lahore, 1872). Bahadur Shah II (ruled 1837-58) was the last Mughal Emperor; Dost Muhammad Khan was Amir of Afghanistan 1826-63. Both were symbols of the old way of life and of opposition to the British.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003263820

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Hierarchy:

032-003263820

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

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Styles:

Delhi style

Start Date:

1863

End Date:

1865

Date Range:

c 1864

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: watercolour; ivory

Finding Aids:

Mildred Archer, Company drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1972), 180

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Bahadur Shah II, Mughal Emperor of India, 1775-1862,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108230255
Bārakzāy, Dūst Muḥammad Khān, Amīr of Afghanistan, 1793-1863

Subjects:

Portraits
Women