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161. Godwin Photo 17/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 17/1(7)
Title:
[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Stall, Festival of Food and Farming, Hyde Park.] Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'stess / 7111.7.36 / N'. Genre: Landscape Photography The 'MAFF' logo is draped to a metal enclosure; a middle-aged couple sit on the grass underneath. The protective cover shows the crop lines and reproduction measurements. Published on page 15 of 'Our Forbidd...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1989
Extent:
1 item

162. Godwin Photo 17/1(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 17/1(62)
Title:
Festival of Food and Farming, Hyde Park, 1989. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2 / 7109.2.7 / H / Print OK'. Genre: Landscape Photography A woman and girl sit on a wooden fence eating an ice cream as a young boy leans against a plywood cut-out of a sheep and watches them; on the other side of the pen a group of elderly ladies sit togethe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1989
Extent:
1 item

163. Godwin Photo 17/1(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 17/1(63)
Title:
Festival of Food and Farming, Hyde Park, 1989. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '1 / 7111.6.30 / N'. Genre: Landscape Photography Two boys stand and inspect a large festival float in the shape of a chicken. The protective cover shows the crop lines and reproduction measurements. Published on page 164 of 'Our Forbidden Land' (London: Jonath...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1989
Extent:
1 item

164. Godwin Photo 17/1(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 17/1(64)
Title:
Festival of Food and Farming, Hyde Park, 1989. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '7111.1.5 / H / Food and Farming Exhibition, Hyde Park, London 1989'. Genre: Landscape Photography A toddler walks towards a plywood cut-out of a grazing sheep, which is next to the countryside Commission stall; a crowd and several tents can be seen in the dist...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1989
Extent:
1 item

165. Godwin Photo 27/2(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 27/2(4)
Title:
[Bonfire Night, East Sussex.] Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A beach with an unlit bonfire pyre with a figure of Guy Fawkes sitting on top; Fairlight Cliff is visible on the skyline to the far right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1974
Extent:
1 item

166. Johnson 2,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 2,12
Title:
Babur greets courtiers at the Id festival
Scope & Content:
The emperor Babur greeting courtiers on the occasion of the Id festival. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with floral diaper border. 286 by 160 mm; page 436 by 301 mm. Reverse: four lines...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

167. Mss Eur B360b (65-94)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B360b (65-94)
Title:
Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra 1832-33, while her husband Robert Sale was in command of his regiment the 13th Foot, at Agra 1831-35 Also 30 Benares paintings on mic
Scope & Content:
30 gouache paintings on mica illustrating festivals, transport, occupations and boats, by Benares artists, c. 1820-30. Inscibed below as noted by Lady Sale. Various sets of differing quality have been mixed together. 65. ‘Elephant with Howdah.’ 165 by 216 mm. 66. ‘Suttee - or burning a widow ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

168. Or 4769, f.7

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.7
Title:
A goddess shrine as constructed at the Durgapuja festival, with images of the goddess slaying the buffalo-demon, with other divinities.
Scope & Content:
A goddess shrine as constructed at the Durgapuja festival, with images of the goddess and others. They show Durga, ten armed, all but her principal arms treated like wings behind her shoulders, but all bearing weapons. She is standing with one foot planted on her lion, the other on the shoulde...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

169. Or 4769, f.8

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.8
Title:
Kali standing on a prostrate, naked and ithyphallic Siva. This is possibly an image as constructed for the Kalipuja festival.
Scope & Content:
Kali, black, her black hair loose down her back, her red tongue protruding, wearing a skirt of human hands and a necklace of heads, her earrings of human figures, four armed (head, sword, gesture, reassurance), standing on a prostrate, naked and ithyphallic Siva, a snake around his body, and wea...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

170. P142

Reference (shelfmark):
P142
Title:
'Ram Leela Festival as performed at Ram Nugur before the Raja of Benares. From James Prinsep, Benares Illustrated, Calcutta, 1831-33; London, 1832-34. Series III, Pl. 4. Artist(s): Haghe, Louis (1806-1895) after Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Scope & Content:
'Ram Leela Festival as performed at Ram Nugur before the Raja of Benares. From James Prinsep, Benares Illustrated, Calcutta, 1831-33; London, 1832-34. Series III, Pl. 4.. Artist(s): Haghe, Louis (1806-1895) after Prinsep, James (1799-1840)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1834
Extent:
1 Item

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