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1. Add Or 83

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 83
Title:
Muslim women displaying religious books
Scope & Content:
Muslim woman displaying religious books ‘(Haji-kitab).’ Inscribed: ‘63. Hauzur Kataub Dakhauna-Muckalla. (a Woman Shewing Books).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 684

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 684
Title:
Brahmin pundit and wife; the pundit holds a manuscript.
Scope & Content:
Brahmin pandit and wife;the pandit holds a manuscript. Inscribed: ‘A Pandit Bramin and his Wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 685

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 685
Title:
Tenkalai Vaisnava Brahmin and wife; the man holds a rosary and a palm-leaf manuscript.
Scope & Content:
Tenkalai Vaishnava Brahmin and wife; the man holds a rosary and a palm-leaf manuscript. Inscribed: ‘Iyengar Bramin and his Wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 1111

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1111
Title:
A bookbinder.
Scope & Content:
A bookbinder. Inscribed as above.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1804
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 2,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 2,2
Title:
Aurangzeb (1658-1707) in his old age, head and shoulders portrait at a window reading a book
Scope & Content:
Aurangzeb in his old age. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath: ‘Alamgir:’ in Persian: ‘‘Alamgir padshah’ (the emperor Alamgir); numbered 6 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘qaimat-i tasvir-i ‘Alamgir 50’ (the price of this picture of Alamgir is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

6. Talbot Photo 1(148)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(148)
Title:
[Books in Disarray.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography Head-on view of four shelves displaying books in a disorganised fashion. Prints made from this trimmed negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (135-136).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 2(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(27)
Title:
A Scene in a Library. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography One of four copies (prints 27-30) of this subject, a head-on view of two shelves of books. Chemistry float-applied on paper 129 x 178 mm. Also published as plate 8 of 'The Pencil of Nature', issued 29 January 1845, with accompanying text reading, 'Among the many ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 22 Mar 1844
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 2(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(28)
Title:
A Scene in a Library. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography One of four copies (prints 27-30) of this subject, a head-on view of two shelves of books. Chemistry float-applied on paper 185 x 231 mm. Also published as plate 8 of 'The Pencil of Nature', issued 29 January 1845, with accompanying text reading, 'Among the many ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 22 Mar 1844
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 2(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(29)
Title:
A Scene in a Library. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography One of four copies (prints 27-30) of this subject, a head-on view of two shelves of books. Some chemical staining on image. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 228 mm. Watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1840'. Also published as plate 8 of 'The Pencil of Nature...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 22 Mar 1844
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 2(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(30)
Title:
A Scene in a Library. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography One of four copies (prints 27-30) of this subject, a head-on view of two shelves of books. Chemistry float-applied on paper 189 x 228 mm. Also published as plate 8 of 'The Pencil of Nature', issued 29 January 1845, with accompanying text reading, 'Among the many ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 22 Mar 1844
Extent:
1 item