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British Library, Visual Arts, South Asian Paintings - Add Or series

Catalogue reference: (British Library) Add Or

What’s it about?

This record is about the British Library, Visual Arts, South Asian Paintings - Add Or series dating from 16th century - 21st century.

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Reference

(British Library) Add Or

Title

British Library, Visual Arts, South Asian Paintings - Add Or series

Date

16th century - 21st century

Description

The British Library holds thousands of drawings and paintings produced in South Asia between the mid-sixteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. These unique holdings originate mainly from the library of the British East India Company and the India Office, although the British Library continues to make acquisitions. This series of South Asian paintings start with the pre-fix “Add Or”. See individual collection entries for further details.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status

Not Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
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Physical description

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Access conditions

Unrestricted. Appointment in Asian and African Studies Print Room required.

Physical condition

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Publication note(s)
  • Company drawings in the India Office Library, by Mildred Archer (London, 1972)
  • Indian Popular paintings in the India Office Library, by Mildred Archer (London, 1977)
  • Indian miniatures in the India Office Library, by Toby Falk and Mildred Archer (London, 1981)
  • Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, by J.P. Losty and M. Roy (London, 2012)
  • Sita Ram: Picturesque Views of India, Lord Hasting's Journey from Calcutta to the Punjab, 1814-15, by J.P. Losty (Delhi, 2015)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/bc2de2bd-5338-45e3-9891-d5d129d622a6/

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