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Collection Area Visual Arts Material Type Artefacts

91. Foster 856/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 856/2
Title:
Koran bag containing Lebrun's portrait of Louis XVI.
Scope & Content:
Koran bag containing Lebrun's portrait of Louis XVI.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

92. Foster 857

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 857
Title:
Medallion portrait of Marie Antoinette, gift to Tipu Sultan. With an embroidered Koran bag.. Artist(s): Lebrun, Andre-Jean (1737-1811), attributed to
Scope & Content:
Portrait medallion of Marie Antoinette, 1776. Signed under the shoulder ‘Lebrun 1776’. Gilt bronze on white marble oval plaque140 by 104 mm max., with gilt bronze ribbon swags above and leaf sprays below, ,22 by 16.57 cms Inscribed on reverse: ‘Marie Antoinette Josephe Jeanne Queen of Louis t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1776
Extent:
1 Item

93. Foster 857/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 857/2
Title:
Koran bag containing Lebrun's portrait of Marie Antoinette.
Scope & Content:
Koran bag containing Lebrun's portrait of Marie Antoinette.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

94. Foster 858

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 858
Title:
Cameo portrait of Warren Hastings. Artist(s): Tassie, William (1777-1860)
Scope & Content:
Cameo portrait of Warren Hastings, c.1818. Framed enamel paste cameo. Presented by Sir George Birdwood. One of a number distributed by Hastings’ widow, set in mourning rings. It was later bought by Sir George Birdwood while he was Special Assistant in the Revenue and Statistical Department o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1818
Extent:
1 Item

95. Foster 859

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 859
Title:
Arms of the East India Company. Painted plaster-cast of the original in St Matthias Church, Poplar. The coat of arms formed a ceiling boss, and shows the arms of the original Company, with three ships in full sail
Scope & Content:
Arms of the East India Company, c.1654. Painted plaster-cast of the original stone roof-boss in St. Matthias Church, Poplar. Presented by Sir George Birdwood, 1902. The church, formerly known as the Poplar Chapel, was built in about 1654 on ground given by the East India Company. It served a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1654
Extent:
1 Item

96. Foster 867

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 867
Title:
Ballot box from East India House in Leadenhall Street.
Scope & Content:
Ballot box, c.1730. Mahogany veneered with Amboyna wood and ebony, with brass fittings. The ballot box came from East India House in Leadenhall Street. It has two drawers, labelled ‘Yea’ and ‘Nay’ and an inner box with a handle and sliding lid for passing round the ballot balls. Literature: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1730
Extent:
1 Item

97. Foster 872

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 872
Title:
A model of a lion, standing on a wooden base, a halter round his neck. Artist(s): Gangaram Cintamani Tambat (fl.1790s)
Scope & Content:
A model of a lion, standing on a wooden base, a halter round his neck. Wax, possibly ‘dhuna’, the aromatic gum of the sal tree (‘Shorea robusta’), painted. Base 20.5 by 9.75 by 2 cms. Animal 12.5 cm at highest point of mane. Provenance: Malet family until 1982. Purchased 1993. Literature: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1795
Extent:
1 Item

98. Foster 873

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 873
Title:
Portrait bust of Sir William Hawthorne Lewis (1888-1970), ICS Bihar and Orissa 1912-47, Governor of Orissa 1941-6
Scope & Content:
Portrait bust of Sir William Hawthorne Lewis (1888-1970), I.C.S., c.1950. Lewis servied in Bihar and Orissa 1912-47, Governor of Orissa 1941-6. Bronze, on black marble base. Base 15 by 15 by 13cm. Head, height 19.5cm Presented by the Executors of Lady Hawthorne Lewis, 1993.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

99. Foster 875

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 875
Title:
Blue and white Staffordshire plate with Malay calligraphy, mid 19th century.
Scope & Content:
Blue and white Staffordshire pottery plate with Malay calligraphy, mid 19th century. Pantun on the rim: ‘Barang di mana terpakai piring’ ‘Piring Tolson juga diminta’ ‘Hati yang lengang menjadi girang’ ‘Budi bertambah hati bercinta’ Syair in the centre: ‘Jikalau didengar kabar cerita’ ‘T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

100. Foster 877

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 877
Title:
Camera lucida. Incomplete, with instruction booklet and three glass slides/lenses
Scope & Content:
Camera Lucida. Incomplete, with instruction booklet issued c.1830 and three glass slides/lenses. Used by Col. James Arden Crommelin, Bengal Engineers. Transferred from the Photograph Collection. Presented by Col. Crommelin's granddaughter Estelle Blyth 1959, along with WD1378-1381, and WD1406.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item