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1. Add Or 346

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 346
Title:
Scribe seated on a striped rug writing a manuscript.
Scope & Content:
Scribe seated on a striped rug writing a manuscript. Inscribed: ‘A Persian Scribe.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 691

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 691
Title:
Scribe and wife; the man carries a palm-leaf and stylus
Scope & Content:
Scribe and wife; the man carries a palm leaf and stylus. Inscribed: ‘A Conicopoly & his Wife or Writing Master.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

3. Photo 1000/17(1840)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/17(1840)
Title:
Omar bin Ahmad Al Kazaruni's tomb in the Jami Masjid, Khambhat (Cambay). Photographer: Henry Cousens.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed H.C. in the negative, bottom left. View of the headstone and sarcophagus, showing calligraphic carved inscriptions, of Zaki al-Dawlah wa-'l-Din 'Umar bin Ahmad al-Kazaruni, known as Parviz Malik, died 734/1333, in the Jami Masjid at Khambhat (Cambay). Printed from a cracked ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(153)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(153)
Title:
[Copy of the poem 'Ode to Napoleon,' in Byron's Hand.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in ink on recto: h. Photogenic drawing contact negative of five lines of writing, with Byron’s signature beneath. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, Sun Pictures. Catalogue Seven. Photogenic drawings by William Henry Fox Talbot (Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc. New York, c. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
04 Apr 1840
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(154)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(154)
Title:
[Copy of the poem 'Ode to Washington' in Byron's hand.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: fx/2. Photogenic drawing contact negative of a copy of Byron's writing with a partial watermark reading [Wh]atman /[Turk]ey Mill /[1]839. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, Sun Pictures. Catalogue Seven. Photogenic drawings by Willi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Apr 1840
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(170)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(170)
Title:
[Copy of a manuscript by Thomas Moore: 'Dear Harp of My Country'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Waxed photogenic drawing of a reproduction of a handwritten poem by Thomas Moore, dated September 4th 1844. Corners clipped.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 4 Sep 1844
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 2(519)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(519)
Title:
[Copy of a manuscript by Thomas Moore: 'The Harp that once through Tara Halls'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Reproduction of a handwritten poem by Thomas Moore, dated September 4th 1844. Intensified print chemistry floated on paper 222 x 167 mm. Some chemical staining which has affected the contrast of the ink against the paper, however the poem is still readable. Top left corner missing (image unaffec...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
after Sep 1844
Extent:
1 item