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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Rifles and Muskets Level [40] File

1. ORB.30/5374(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30/5374(26)
Title:
Arm rack [with rifles] on mule (uncovered) (para.85). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Side view of loaded mule, with an Indian soldier standing on the left and a British soldier on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1883
Extent:
1 item

2. ORB.30/5374(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30/5374(27)
Title:
Arm rack on mule (covered) (para. 85). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Similar to print 26, but with the rack of rifles concealed by a protective canvas cover.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1883
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1041(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1041(46)
Title:
An Abyssinian soldier. Photographer: Swayne, Harald George Carlos
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '46' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Soldier posed with shield, spear and rifle in the British mission compound at Addis Ababa.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1897-Jun 1897
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1104(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(20)
Title:
Afreedi. N.W.F.P. India. Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 123' and captioned in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of an Afridi man, standing among boulders on a mountainside, armed with a jezail and a curved sword.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1104(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(23)
Title:
The Sniper. Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 131' and captioned in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Study of an Afridi tribesman, crouching behind the shelter of a boulder on a hillside, taking aim with his zejail.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1104(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1104(24)
Title:
The Watchers. Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 139' and captioned in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Study of two Afridi tribesman, keeping watch on a hillside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1188(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1188(46)
Title:
Looking down the Pei-ho River toward North Fort and bay, from Northwest Fort, Taku, China. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Pei-ho River in the far distance. Bastions of the Northwest Fort with a breech-loading rifle are in the foreground. A British Marine, in a white uniform, stands to the right holding a Lee-Mitford rifle at his side.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1192(111)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(111)
Title:
Shan dacoit. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Full-length portrait of a Shan man, standing beside a tree and holding a rifle and dagger.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

9. T.4847(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
T.4847(74)
Title:
Brahui Sardar and followers. (Ghulam Jan, nephew of the Shahgassi, Wali Muhhamad). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Mounted facing p. 74. Full-length seated portrait of Ghulam Jan, surrounded by four retainers, all armed with jezails.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1877
Extent:
1 item

10. T.4847(108)

Reference (shelfmark):
T.4847(108)
Title:
Jakrani chiefs and followers. Frontier District, Upper Sind. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Mounted facing p. 108. Group portrait of four men armed with jezails, three seated and one standing.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1877
Extent:
1 item