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Collection Area Visual Arts Material Type Artefacts

1. Add Or 4145-4149, F792

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4145-4149, F792
Title:
GANGARAM CINTAMANI TAMBAT (fl. 1790-95) A Maratha artist in the emply of the Peshwa at Poona, who also worked extensively for the British Resident at ... Includes Add Or 4364
Scope & Content:
GANGARAM CINTAMANI TAMBAT (fl. 1790-95) A Maratha artist in the emply of the Peshwa at Poona, who also worked extensively for the British Resident at the Peshwa's court Sir Charles Warre Malet. Gangaram was employed especially to make drawings of the animals in the Peshwa's menagerie and in Mal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1789-1795
Extent:
7 items

2. Add Or 5222

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5222
Title:
Avalokiteśvara surrounded by attendants and donors. Artist(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
A retangular banner made of hemp cloth with three suspension loops sewn to the top edge. The painting on the banner depicts Avalokiteśvara in the centre surrounded by four attendants. In the lower register are represented a male and female donor. The donors are attended by figures holding a fly-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
900-1000
Extent:
1 item

3. Add Or 5223

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5223
Title:
A bodhisattva. Artist(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
A banner made of hemp cloth. The painting on the banner depicts a bodhisattva facing to his right. He is performing anjali-mudra with his hands. This banner has been digitally photographed, and can be viewed on the International Dunhuang Project's website. http://idp.bl.uk
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
900-1000
Extent:
1 item

4. Add Or 5224

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5224
Title:
A bodhisattva. Artist(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
A banner made of hemp cloth. The painting on the banner depicts a bodhisattva facing to his left. He is performing anjali-mudra with his hands. This banner has been digitally photographed, and can be viewed on the International Dunhuang Project's website. http://idp.bl.uk
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
900-1000
Extent:
1 item

5. Add Or 5225

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5225
Title:
A bodhisattva. Artist(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
A banner made of hemp cloth. The painting on the banner depicts a bodhisattva facing forward. The figure has his left hand raised and his right hand by his side. This banner has been digitally photographed, and can be viewed on the International Dunhuang Project's website. http://idp.bl.uk
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
900-1000
Extent:
1 item

6. Add Or 5330

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5330
Title:
Burmese cloth painting from the funeral carriage of a Phoongyi
Scope & Content:
Burmese cloth painting from the funeral carriage of a Phoongyi
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 5331

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5331
Title:
Burmese cloth painting from the funeral carriage of a Phoongyi
Scope & Content:
Burmese cloth painting from the funeral carriage of a Phoongyi
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

8. BLWA 1

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 1
Title:
Newton after William Blake. Artist(s): Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo (1924-2005)
Scope & Content:
'Newton' after William Blake, 1995. By Eduardo Paolozzi. Grant aided by The Foundation for Sport & the Arts. Funded by subscription from the football pools Vernons, Littlewoods and Zetters.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1995
Extent:
1 Item

9. BLWA 2

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 2
Title:
Planets. Artist(s): Gormley, Antony (b. 1950)
Scope & Content:
‘Planets’ by Antony Gormley (2002) features a circle of stones, each carved with a single outline of a body embracing each stone. These are mounted on square pillars rising behind the stone seats in the ‘Poet’s Circle’ amphitheatre on the British Library’s forecourt. In Gormley’s words, the work...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2002
Extent:
1 Item

10. BLWA 3

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 3
Title:
Sculpture of William Shakespeare (1564-1616). . Artist(s): Roubiliac, Louis Francois (1702-1762)
Scope & Content:
Full size marble sculpture of William Shakespeare by Louis Francois Roubiliac (1702-1762). The sculpture was commissioned by David Garrick (1717-1779) and was installed in the Temple of Shakespeare in the garden of Garrick's villa at Hampton. Bequeathed by David Garrick, 1779, with his books to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1757-58
Extent:
1 Item