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71. Foster 856

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Foster 856
Title:
Medallion portrait of Louis XVI, gift to Tipu Sultan. With an embroidered Koran bag.. Artist(s): Lebrun, Andre-Jean (1737-1811), attributed to
Scope & Content:
Portrait medallion of Louis XVI, 1776. Gilt bronze on white marble oval plaque 142 by 104 mm max., with gilt bronze ribbon swags above and leaf sprays below, 23 by 17 cms Inscribed on reverse: ‘Louis 16th King of France presented on his Coronation to Hyder Ally Cawn and found in the palace of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1776
Extent:
1 Item

72. Foster 856-857

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Foster 856-857
Title:
LEBRUN, ANDRÉ-JEAN (1737-1811), attributed to --------------------- F856-857 Portrait medallions of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antionette of Fran ...
Scope & Content:
LEBRUN, ANDRÉ-JEAN (1737-1811), attributed to --------------------- F856-857 Portrait medallions of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antionette of France, c.1776. Gilt bronze on marble, with gilt bronze swags and leaf sprays. Each with its own Koran bag, printed and embroidered south Indian t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1776-1776
Extent:
2 items

73. Foster 857

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Foster 857
Title:
Medallion portrait of Marie Antoinette, gift to Tipu Sultan. With an embroidered Koran bag.. Artist(s): Lebrun, Andre-Jean (1737-1811), attributed to
Scope & Content:
Portrait medallion of Marie Antoinette, 1776. Signed under the shoulder ‘Lebrun 1776’. Gilt bronze on white marble oval plaque140 by 104 mm max., with gilt bronze ribbon swags above and leaf sprays below, ,22 by 16.57 cms Inscribed on reverse: ‘Marie Antoinette Josephe Jeanne Queen of Louis t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1776
Extent:
1 Item

74. Foster 858

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Foster 858
Title:
Cameo portrait of Warren Hastings. Artist(s): Tassie, William (1777-1860)
Scope & Content:
Cameo portrait of Warren Hastings, c.1818. Framed enamel paste cameo. Presented by Sir George Birdwood. One of a number distributed by Hastings’ widow, set in mourning rings. It was later bought by Sir George Birdwood while he was Special Assistant in the Revenue and Statistical Department o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1818
Extent:
1 Item

75. Foster 859

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 859
Title:
Arms of the East India Company. Painted plaster-cast of the original in St Matthias Church, Poplar. The coat of arms formed a ceiling boss, and shows the arms of the original Company, with three ships in full sail
Scope & Content:
Arms of the East India Company, c.1654. Painted plaster-cast of the original stone roof-boss in St. Matthias Church, Poplar. Presented by Sir George Birdwood, 1902. The church, formerly known as the Poplar Chapel, was built in about 1654 on ground given by the East India Company. It served a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1654
Extent:
1 Item

76. Foster 872

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Foster 872
Title:
A model of a lion, standing on a wooden base, a halter round his neck. Artist(s): Gangaram Cintamani Tambat (fl.1790s)
Scope & Content:
A model of a lion, standing on a wooden base, a halter round his neck. Wax, possibly ‘dhuna’, the aromatic gum of the sal tree (‘Shorea robusta’), painted. Base 20.5 by 9.75 by 2 cms. Animal 12.5 cm at highest point of mane. Provenance: Malet family until 1982. Purchased 1993. Literature: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1795
Extent:
1 Item

77. Foster 873

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Foster 873
Title:
Portrait bust of Sir William Hawthorne Lewis (1888-1970), ICS Bihar and Orissa 1912-47, Governor of Orissa 1941-6
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Portrait bust of Sir William Hawthorne Lewis (1888-1970), I.C.S., c.1950. Lewis servied in Bihar and Orissa 1912-47, Governor of Orissa 1941-6. Bronze, on black marble base. Base 15 by 15 by 13cm. Head, height 19.5cm Presented by the Executors of Lady Hawthorne Lewis, 1993.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

78. Foster 887

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 887
Title:
East India Company coat of arms, originally hung above the Chairman’s seat in the the Director’s Court Room at East India House, Leadenhall Street
Scope & Content:
The East India Company's coat of arms, c.1730. Wood, carved, painted and gilded. 130 by 152 cm After 1709 the Company adopted the arms granted to the ‘New’Company in 1698, incorporating the royal arms and cross of St. George on the central shield, which is surmounted by a turbanned casque an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1730
Extent:
1 Item

79. 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

80. 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