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802. Foster 975
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 975
- Title:
- Portrait bust of Friedrich August Rosen (1805-37). Scholar of Sanskrit and the Semitic languages. Artist(s): Westmacott, Richard, Jr. (1799-1872)
- Scope & Content:
- Friedrich August Rosen (1805-37), an undraped bust. c.1837. Facsimile after the marble in the British Museum. Height 55 cm. Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. Rosen was born in Hanover, and studied at Gottingen and Leipzig, where he abandoned law in favour of oriental studies. ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1837
- Extent:
- 1 Item
803. Foster 977
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 977
- Title:
- Relief portrait of James Silk Buckingham. Monogrammed HD London, with subject's signature. Artist(s): D., H. (c.1852)
- Scope & Content:
- D., H. Relief profile portrait of James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855), facing left. Buckingham spent his youth at sea, and reached India in 1815. In 1818 he started to publish the ‘Calcutta Journal,’ which took such a very anti-government line that his publisher’s licence was revoked and he was...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1852
- Extent:
- 1 Item
804. Foster 979
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 979
- Title:
- Ami Chand ('Ummeechund'), a trooper in Skinner's Horse who saved the life of William Fraser in 1819. Terracotta model painted in polychrome, based on the painting originally in the Fraser Albums.
- Scope & Content:
- Terracotta model of ‘Ummeechund’, a trooper of Skinner’s Horse, wearing the distinctive long yellow coat with red trimmings, a black jacket with red frogging and with facings at the collar in white with red trim, a tiger-skin bandolier, a tall shako marked with a crescent and with red trimmings ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1819-1820
- Extent:
- 1 Item
805. Foster 981
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 981
- Title:
- Indian matchlock with punched silver sheet decoration from Datia State.
- Scope & Content:
- Indian matchlock (‘bandukh torador’) with punched silver sheet decoration and ‘Datia State’ inlaid in gold on the breech. Muzzle-loading. Barrel held in stock by wire (defective). Datia State is in Central India, adjacent to Gwalior and Jhansi.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1800-1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item
806. Foster 981-1033
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 981-1033
- Title:
- F981-1033 India Office Weapons. This collection contains guns, bayonets, swords, a sword bag and a medal. These 53 items were formerly kept in the I ...
- Scope & Content:
- F981-1033 India Office Weapons. This collection contains guns, bayonets, swords, a sword bag and a medal. These 53 items were formerly kept in the India Office building in Whitehall. Some of the weapons in the collection were production pieces as made in quantity and used in India, while oth...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1780-1940
- Extent:
- 53 items
807. Foster 982
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 982
- Title:
- East India Company Pattern F Percussion Musket.
- Scope & Content:
- This musket was made in 1844-46, as is indicated by its ‘H’ and ‘K’ inspection codes. Markings on the buttplate indicate that it was issued from the Grand Arsenal, Bombay, between October and December 1859 (3rd quarter of the official year 1859[-60]). Stamped ‘26’ on side of butt. Trigger gua...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1844-1846
- Extent:
- 1 Item
808. Foster 983
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 983
- Title:
- East India Company Pattern F Percussion Musket.
- Scope & Content:
- This musket was made in 1846-47, as is indicated by its ‘L’ inspection codes. Markings on the buttplate indicate that it was issued from the Grand Arsenal, Bombay, between October and December 1859 (3rd quarter of the official year 1859[-60]). Stamped ‘14’ on side of butt. Ramrod missing. IO...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1846-1847
- Extent:
- 1 Item
809. Foster 984
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 984
- Title:
- East India Company Pattern F Percussion Musket
- Scope & Content:
- This musket was made in 1848-49, as is indicated by its ‘N’ inspection codes. Stamped ‘2’ on side of butt. Ramrod missing. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-1.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1848-1849
- Extent:
- 1 Item
810. Foster 985
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 985
- Title:
- East India Company Pattern F Percussion Musket.
- Scope & Content:
- This musket was made in 1849-50, as is indicated by its ‘P’ inspection codes. Markings on the buttplate indicate that it was issued from a magazine or arsenal in 1857. Stamped ‘32’ on side of butt. Ramrod missing. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-12.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1849-1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item