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291. Add MS 89351

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Add MS 89351
Title:
Architectural notebooks of Charles Bacon
Scope & Content:
Notebooks of Charles Bacon, London architect. During the period covered by the notebooks Bacon was appointed clerk of the works at Whitehall, Westminster and St James's (1811), made responsible for the mews at Charing Cross (1815), and appointed architect to Ely Cathedral and to Princess Charlot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1817
Extent:
3 volumes

292. Add MS 89351/2

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Title:
Architectural notebook of Charles Bacon, 1814-1815
Scope & Content:
Notebook of pencil studies and drawings, chiefly of ecclesiastical architecture. The volume includes studies of Winchester, Canterbury and Rochester cathedrals, drawings of Lover's Seat, Hastings, view from the house of the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, Woodfield Northam[ptonshire], and the cour...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 volume

293. Add MS 89351/3

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Title:
Architectural notebook of Charles Bacon, 1816-1817
Scope & Content:
Notebook of pencil studies and drawings, chiefly of ecclesiastical architecture. The volume includes studies of Peterborough, Ely and Exeter cathedrals, landscape drawings, some ecclesiastical monuments and inscriptions. Inscribed on front paste-down: 'Should this Book be lost whoever will brin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1817
Extent:
1 volume

294. Add Or 4817

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Title:
The entrance courtyard and east facade to the Kalan Masjid. Lady Hastings' party in the foreground. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
The entrance courtyard and east facade to the Kalan Masjid with its vertiginous flight of steps to the entrance gateway. A group of elephants, soldiers and retainers in the foreground.Inscribed below: ‘Another view of the same to the West,’ with an illegible pencil inscription along the bottom un...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815
Extent:
1 item

295. Add Or 5178

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Add Or 5178
Title:
Criminal brought to Justice. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Criminal brought to Justice Original inscription: 公堂審問 (Interrogation at the magistrate's hall) Depiction of a trial scene by the magistrate in Nanhai district, Western Guangzhou Prefecture in Guangdong Province. The magistrate sits on a horseshoe armchair behind a table, with two clerks stand...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

296. Add Or 5179

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Add Or 5179
Title:
Taking Criminal to Prison. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Taking criminal to Prison Original inscription: 奉捉小手 (Catching pickpockets on order) Depiction of a criminal with his legs fettered with an iron chain, as he is being escorted to the prison by the district arresting officer. This image is part of an album of 12 paintings on pith paper, Add Or...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

297. Add Or 5180

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Title:
Beating Mouth. Punishing false Witness. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Beating Mouth. Punishing false Witness Original inscriptions: 言糊打嘴 (Mouth slapped due to unclear statements) Depiction of a kneeling criminal being slapped on the mouth with a leather slapper by a standing lector in order to extract a truthful confession. A second officer is depicted kneeling ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

298. Add Or 5181

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Title:
Torturing. Method of extracting the truth. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Torturing. Method of extracting the truth Original inscriptions: 忽吊成招 （Hanging and thus confessing） Depiction of two criminals being tied and suspended on a rope; the one on the left has both hands and feet tied behind his back; the one the right has only his hands tied behind his back, his fe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

299. Add Or 5182

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Title:
In prison. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
In prison Original inscription: 永無赦日 (the day of pardon will never come) Depiction of two criminals separately locked to a circular metal plate. The one on the left is standing, with a metal chain around his neck. The one on the right is sitting on the circular metal plate, hugging his knees. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

300. Add Or 5183

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Add Or 5183
Title:
Extracting the sinews. Punishment for Offence. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Extracting the sinews. Punishment for Offence Original inscription: 抽觔（筋）不走 (Extracting the Sinews. Punishment for Offence) Depiction of the cutting of the ham-strings to prevent the criminal from escaping. The criminal lies face down on a wooden board, while two clerks hold his hand and his f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

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