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5951. WD4528

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4528
Title:
Three-quarter length portrait of a Christian ayah carrying the child Marianne Reeves, afterwards James.. Artist(s): Nash, Edward (1778-1821)
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length portrait of a Christian ayah carrying the child Marianne Reeves. Pencil and watercolour; 155 by 116 mm. Signed lower right: ‘EN’; and inscribed on label pasted to reverse of original frame: ‘A portrait of my sister Marianne Mrs. James & 2ly Mrs. Knapp when a child ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805-1806
Extent:
1 Item

5952. WD4544

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4544
Title:
A furnished drawing room and dining room in a British home at Chingleput. A lady is seated in the foreground and a servant is in the background. Signed 'W.B.H. March 1866'. On the reverse there is a sketch of a punkah and a description of its operation. Artist(s): Higgins, W. B.
Scope & Content:
The drawing room and dining room of the Phillips’ home at Chingleput, Madras. On the back there is a drawing and description of how a punkah is operated. Signed and dated ‘W.B.H. March 1866’. Pencil and watercolour; 9 ¼ by 9 inches. Inscribed on the back, ‘The Drawing and Dining Rooms Chinglep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 Item

5953. WD4566

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4566
Title:
Standing Indian female figure, a temple dancer. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Study of a full length Indian female figure, a temple dancer, posed with her head resting in her left hand. In the upper right hand corner, there is a detail of the design of the dancer's bracelet. The artist's comments on the clothing and jewellery are visible. Pencil; 20.8 x 14.1 cm Presente...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1792-93
Extent:
1 Item

5954. WD4568

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4568
Title:
Standing Indian female figure, a temple dancer. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Study of a full length Indian female temple dancer wearing a sari. Positioned facing away from the viewer. The artist's comments on the clothing is visible. Pencil;24.0 x 17.4 cm Presented to the British Library in 2006.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1792-93
Extent:
1 Item

5955. WD4572

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4572
Title:
A nautch at Tinnevelly. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840) and Daniell, William (1769-1837).
Scope & Content:
Pencil on paper 181 x 318 mm Inscribed: 'musicians' and '6 women dancers' and further inscribed 'Sundown Tinivelly District.' Group of Europeans watching a nautch. The figure seated on the left may be Benjamin Torin, a collector in Tinnevelly. The Daniells spent a month in Tinnevelly in 1792 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1792
Extent:
1 Item

5956. Wq4/6069(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wq4/6069(3)
Title:
Covent Garden labourers. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of labourers in the market at Covent Garden, posed with the wicker baskets using for carrying produce: 'the accompanying photograph represents a group of labourers who are in the service of Mr. Dickson, the well-known florist. Thei...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

5957. Wq4/6069(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wq4/6069(4)
Title:
Halfpenny ices. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of an Italian ice cream seller, with customers crowded round his barrow: 'Italian ice-men constitute a distinct feature of London life, which, however, is generally ignored by the public at large, so far as its intimate details are concerned....
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

5958. Wq4/6069(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wq4/6069(5)
Title:
Black Jack. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a man seated on a donkey cart: 'John Walker, commonly known as 'Black Jack,' or 'Darkie,' is one of the army of licensed hawkers who supply the daily wants of the Metropolitan poor...' Smith's text, much of it reproduced as Walker's verbat...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

5959. Wq4/6069(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wq4/6069(6)
Title:
Cheap fish of St. Giles's. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View of a fisher-seller and his stall, with customers crowded round: 'It has often been remarked that but for our cheap fish supply the poor of London would undoubtedly be reduced to the most acute stages of starvation. Notwithstanding, therefore, the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

5960. Wq4/6069(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wq4/6069(7)
Title:
Cast-iron Billy. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two men, posed at the rear of a horse-drawn omnibus. The figure on the left is, 'William Parragreen, known as 'Cast-iron Billy',' a driver since 1834 and now at the end of his employment with the London General Omnibus Company.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

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