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1. Add MS 27255

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Add MS 27255
Title:
Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. One hundred and ten miniatures
Scope & Content:
‘Tashrih al-aqvam’, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. One hundred and ten miniatures. Delhi Company style. AH1241=AD1825. Literatu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825
Extent:
1 item

2. Add Or 5730

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Add Or 5730
Title:
Woman holding a parasol
Scope & Content:
One half of an illustration pasted onto page. 'Inscribed: 'Ittee'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

3. Add Or 5733

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5733
Title:
Goldsmith and his wife
Scope & Content:
Goldsmith and his wife. Male wearing dhoti and holding a parasol and female in yellow sari holding a parasol. Female is wearing fine jewellery, including gold bracelets, necklaces, earrings and a nose ring. Inscribed: 'Congany. Conganichee.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

4. P983

Reference (shelfmark):
P983
Title:
Danse Cachemirienne. Environs de Simla dans l’Himalaya (Aoûut 1842). [Dancers and musicians in woodland before the temple seen in close-up in P984.]. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
Scope & Content:
Lithograph of a 'Cashmiri dance' in front of a temple near Simla by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) after an original drawing of August 1842 by Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov.Prince Saltuikov's voyage of the Himalayas in September 1842 commenced at Shimla. This hill-station, now the capital of the s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1351/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1351/4
Title:
Photograph album compiled by a soldier serving in India. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Snapshot album compiled by an unidentified soldier serving in India (not apparently connected with other items in Photo 1351). The album contains 392 small prints, mostly captioned, a mixture of amateur and purchased work compiled (from the evidence of dated images) between 1926 and 1936. Subjec...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926-1936
Extent:
Photograph album containing 392 prints