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Description: | [From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as other contemporary material, with an accompanying manuscript text written by Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe (1795-1853), the Governor-General’s Agent at the imperial court. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund and of the National Art-Collections Fund.]
[Elephant with a howdah.]
Inscribed: naqsha-i fil gadi bardar.
Elephant with Native Seat.
[An Arab horseman.]
Inscribed: savar-i ‘arabi.
An Arab.
[An Afghan horseman.]
Inscribed: savar-i kabuli.
A Native of Cabul.
[An elephant with its young.]
Inscribed: naqsha-i fil va bachcha. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Metcalfe, Sir Thomas Theophilus (1795-1853) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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