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1. 1783.cc.11(92)

Reference (shelfmark):
1783.cc.11(92)
Title:
Une lepreuse de Samarkand demandant l'aumone. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 92. Full-length portrait of a woman suffering from leprosy, begging for alms in Samarkand.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 2(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(53)
Title:
The chief of the thieves. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of four beggars: 'In Foochow the city is divided into wards, and within the limits of each ward a head man is appointed, who can count his descent from a line of illustrious beggars, and in him rests the right, which would seem to be, to keep...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 2(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(54)
Title:
Beggars living in a tomb. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of beggars, posed around a doorway: 'The worst class of beggars are the outlaws, who recognize no chief, and who live in holes and hovels about the burial grounds. I made the acquaintance of some of this class, and I have given a p...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

4. 10076.i.2, 1(19b)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(19b)
Title:
Beggars [Cyprus]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a beggar woman with her two children, the youngest held in her arms: 'The woman shown in the present picture was evidently no professional beggar. She simply presented herself at the doorway of the house where I happened to be lodging; there she waited si...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 49352(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 49352(70)
Title:
[Japanese woman giving food to a beggar.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio tableau of a woman giving rice to a beggar.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 49352(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 49352(71)
Title:
[Japanese beggar.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing studio portrait of a Japanese beggar.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 49352(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 49352(72)
Title:
[Japanese beggar.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait of a Japanese beggar, supporting himself with two bamboo sticks and with a placard around his neck.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 63135(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 63135(3)
Title:
Prisoner begging at Shangtsi, 31-7-06 Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a Tibetan youth, standing against a backdrop of mountains: 'On the 31st we wandered amidst sandhills nearly 15,000 feet above sea level and emerged at Shangtsi (a little over 14,000 feet), the residence of the Dzongpon of Tsaparang (Chabrang).' ('Progres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
31 Jul 1906
Extent:
1 item

9. Add Or 2529

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2529
Title:
Crippled beggar and wife.
Scope & Content:
Crippled beggar and wife. The beggar, his leg amputated at the knee, pours rice from a gourd into a dish held by his wife. Inscribed on back: ‘No.27. Beggars.’ Note: This picture, as already noted, closely resembles plate 39 in Charles Gold, ‘Oriental Drawings’ (London, 1806). There are a nu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 3305

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3305
Title:
Bhutiya beggars from Lhasa; the woman holding a bowl.
Scope & Content:
Tibetan beggars from Lhasa; the woman holding a bowl. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Bhootiya Beggars from Llassa.’ 268 by 225 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item