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Photographs of the British, Belgian, Dutch and Norwegian Royal families. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Assortment of postcards and photographs, mostly of the British Royal family, but also of Belgian, Dutch and Norwegian royalty, compiled by an unknown collector.
Willoughby Wallace Hooper Collection: Views of England, Ireland and Wales. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Collection of 114 albumen prints taken by Willoughby Wallace Hooper while on leave from his army post in India. The collection is an album containing personal family photographs compiled from visits to Hertfordshire, England, in October 1869 and from March to September 1879. Holidays in various l...
Joseph Gaye Collection: Views of Nepal and India, 1888-1899. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Collection of glass plate negatives and photographs taken by Joseph Gaye in Nepal and India, 1888-1899. The collection is in three parts. Photo 1424/1, 91 glass plate negatives, 1888-1899. Photo 1424/2, Five cellulose acetate negatives, probably taken around these dates or later. Photo 1424/3, 32...
Music manuscripts from the Royal Music Library. c 1590 – 1903. The Royal Music Library was deposited on loan in the British Museum in March 1911 by George V, and presented outright on 27 November 1957 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As well as about 1000 manuscripts, the collection contains...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Scope: Music manuscripts and papers of the Royal Philharmonic Society. Date range: c 1792-1990 Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by the British Library in 2002. Related material: Printed music from the library of the Royal Philharmonic Society is on loan to the British Library and is ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Collection of detached seals which may be original impressions detached from the documents of which they once formed a part, casts of original impressions, or modern impressions from surviving matrices. Some detached seals are also to be found in the Sloane and Cotton charters collections, and t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Sanskrit