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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Chinese Inscriptions

1. Photo 1005/2(541)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1005/2(541)
Title:
Bodh Gaya. Chinese inscription. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a stone slab with a Chinese inscription.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1150(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1150(12)
Title:
Le Shan, Sichuan, China. Photographer: Lois Conner
Scope & Content:
Panoramic platinum contact print, showing Chinese characters inscribed on an interior wall of an unidentified structure.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1997
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1188(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1188(7)
Title:
Looking into Shappat-po Street, from one of the nightwatch bridges, Canton. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1224/3(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(46)
Title:
Chinese Graves. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
View of horseshoe-shaped graves in a Chinese cemetery. Inscriptions in Chinese on the wall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1224/3(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(49)
Title:
[Two Chinese girls]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length hand tinted studio portrait of two girls, one seated on a chair holding a stringed instrument, the other standing beside her. In the background are four banners with Chinese inscriptions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1224/3(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(50)
Title:
[Two Chinese women]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length hand tinted studio portrait of two women seated at a table. In the background are two banners with Chinese inscriptions a painting.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1224/3(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(56)
Title:
Magistrate's Court. Photographer: Saunders, W.
Scope & Content:
Studio re-enactment of a Chinese trial scene. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.30.- A Court Scene. The presiding magistrate occupies the bench, and on either side are his clerks. The prosecutor, who, in this instance, holds some small official preferment, is seated to the right ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1224/3(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(81)
Title:
Street Barbers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group with barbers and other street traders.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1224/4(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(40)
Title:
Java. Chinese New Year's Fete. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of a group of street performers in costume, with two bearers holding standards with Chinese inscriptions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1879
Extent:
1 item