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1. 1784.a.20(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.20(19)
Title:
Le joueur d'orgue. Photographer: Rousset, Ildefonse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of an organ-grinder, his wife and numerous children, posed in a garden.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 2(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(32)
Title:
Actors, ancient marriage costume. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of two actors, a man and a woman, in costume, seen from the front.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 2(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(33)
Title:
Actors, ancient marriage costume. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of the pair of actors seen in print 32, here photographed from behind.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

4. 1787.d.7, 2(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(34)
Title:
Ancient costume [Chinese actors]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of a male actor, in costume.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

5. 1787.d.7, 2(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(35)
Title:
Ancient costumes [Chinese actors]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of a male actor, in costume.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

6. 1787.d.7, 4(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(27)
Title:
A Pekingese peep-show. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Street scene, with a group gathered round a peep-show apparatus: 'The peep-show also ... enjoys a large share of public favour. It is fitted with a series of lenses in front, through which the eye of the spectator beholds the wonders of the world. For...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

7. 10804.f.6(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
10804.f.6(21)
Title:
Charles Kean, Esq., F.S.A, Photographer: Maull and Polyblank
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length full-face portrait of Charles John Kean (1811-1868), second son of Edmund Kean and himself a successful actor. With biographical notice by Edward Walford. Part issued January 1858 and date stamped by British Museum 30 January 1858. Exhibited: Pho...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

8. 10804.f.6(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
10804.f.6(33)
Title:
J. B. Buckstone, Esq. Photographer: Maull and Polyblank
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length full-face portrait, seated at a desk writing, of the comedian, comic writer and actor-manager John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879). With biographical notice by Edward Walford. Part issued January 1859 and date stamped by British Museum 2 February 1...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
1 item

9. Add Or 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1
Title:
Mahadaji Sindhia entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch
Scope & Content:
Mahadaji Sindhia (ruled 1782-94) entertaining a British naval officer and a young British military officer to a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: A similar portrait of Sindhia inscribed with Sindhia’s name is in Bharat Kala Bhawan, Benares. See also the portrait by, James Wales, F826. This p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2
Title:
Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress and smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house in Delhi.
Scope & Content:
A European, probably Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825), in Indian dress, smoking a hookah and watching a nautch in his house at Delhi. Note: Although this painting is not inscribed, the central figure strikingly resembles other portraits of Ochterlony, e.g. a water-colour in the Red Fort Museum,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item