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Add Or 3131
- Record Id:
- 040-003270375
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003270373
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000313
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3131
- Title:
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A group of starving villagers outside the Pilgrims' Hospital , Cuttack.
- Scope & Content:
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A group of starving villagers outside the Pilgrims’ Hospital, Cuttack.
Inscribed: ‘A scene at the Pilgrims’ hospital during the famine taken from life. This is the way the natives sit down and clean each others heads and catch game.’
Note: In 1836, 1837 and 1842 Cuttack suffered severely from drought followed by food shortage. The inscription may well refer to one of these periods.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003270373
040-003270375 - Is part of:
- Add Or 3130-3139 : Add.Or.3130-3139 10 drawings depicting local scenes, occupations and military uniforms. By a Cuttack artist, c.1840.…
Add Or 3131 : A group of starving villagers outside the Pilgrims' Hospital , Cuttack. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003270373[0002]/040-003270375
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 3130-3139
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Eastern India style
Orissa style
Orissa/Cuttack style - Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1841
- Date Range:
- c 1840
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Exhibitions:
- The Raj: India and the British, National Portrait Gallery, London, 14 October 1990 - 17 March 1991
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Events
Hospitals