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WD3
- Record Id:
- 040-003281512
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003281506
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002e93
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3
- Title:
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Colonel Dhir Shamsher Jang Bahadur. Portrait, three-quarter length, facing half right, the right hand on the hilt of a sword. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
- Scope & Content:
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Colonel Dhir Shamsher Jang Bahadur. Portrait, three-quarter length, facing half right, the right hand on the hilt of a sword. 1850.
Inscribed on front in ink in ‘nagari’ characters: ‘Sri Dhir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Baras 23’; in English: ‘Colonel Dheer Shumsheer Jung Buhadoor-Koowur ranajee. Brother to the Minister (age 23). C.G.’
Pencil and wash; 16 by 8 ins.
Note: Dhir Shamsher Jang Bahadur was the sixth and youngest brother of Jang Bahadur (1817-77), Prime Minister of Nepal 1846-77. He was a famous swordsman. He accompanied his brother, Jang Bahadur, to England in 1850. On their way to Calcutta, they visited Bankipur and amazed spectators by riding on horseback up the steps of the famous granary, the Golghar.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003281506
040-003281512 - Is part of:
- WD3-10, WD1602, WD4424 : GRANT, COLESWORTHY (1813-1880) Colesworthy Grant went to India in 1832 and lived with his elder brother, George, a…
WD3 : Colonel Dhir Shamsher Jang Bahadur. Portrait, three-quarter length, facing half right, the right hand on the hilt of a sword. Artist(s):… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003281506[0006]/040-003281512
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD3-10, WD1602, WD4424
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil; wash
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Dhir Shamsher Jang Kunwar Ranaji, politician, army officer and statesman, 1828-1884
Grant, Colesworthey, artist, writer and animal rights activist, 1813-1880 - Subjects:
- Portraits
arms and armour