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Add Or 535-537
- Record Id:
- 032-003270318
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003270318
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0002da
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 535-537
- Title:
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Add.Or.535-537 3 drawings depicting elephant housings and harness. By a Calcutta artist, c.1815. Water-colour; various sizes. Circumstances of acquisi ...
- Scope & Content:
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Add.Or.535-537
3 drawings depicting elephant housings and harness.
By a Calcutta artist, c.1815.
Water-colour; various sizes.
Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Note: The inscription on 535 suggests that these drawings were made for Steuart and Co, who were famous coach-makers at 8 Old Court House Corner, Calcutta, from 1783 to 1907, to illustrate the type of work that they could undertake.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003270318", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Or 535-537: Add.Or.535-537 3 drawings depicting elephant housings and harness. By a Calcutta artist, c.1815. Water-colour; various sizes.…" },{ "id" : "040-003270319", "parent" : "032-003270318", "text" : "Add Or 535: Two elephants with leather harness drawing a gun" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270320", "parent" : "032-003270318", "text" : "Add Or 536: An elephant with green and gold housings bearing a dark green howdah with a canopy. On the housings a crescent moon and seven stars." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270321", "parent" : "032-003270318", "text" : "Add Or 537: An elephant with red and gold housings bearing a deep crimson and gold howdah. On the housings a crescent moon and seven stars." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003270318
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add Or 535 : Two elephants with leather harness drawing a gun
Add Or 536 : An elephant with green and gold housings bearing a dark green howdah with a canopy. On the housings a crescent moon and seven stars.
Add Or 537 : An elephant with red and gold housings bearing a deep crimson and gold howdah. On the housings a crescent moon and seven stars.
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- 032-003270318
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 535-537
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 3 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1814
- End Date:
- 1816
- Date Range:
- 1814-1816
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)