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Material Type Artefacts Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 89138

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89138
Title:
Locket containing a lock of Shelley's hair and a miniature of Beatrice Cenci
Scope & Content:
Alma Murray played Cenci in the first ever performance of Percy Bysshe Shelley's The Cenci, at the Grand Theatre, Islington, 7 May 1886. As a token of her appreciation, Lady Jane Shelley, wife of Sir Percy Florence Shelley, 3rd Bart., P. B. Shelley's son, gave Murray a locket containing a lock of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 89383

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89383
Title:
Feet from a painted terracotta shabti, Ramesside period (1292-1069 BC)
Scope & Content:
Feet from a painted terracotta shabti, Ramesside period (1292-1069 BC), partly inscribed. Acquired by Sir John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) or a member of his family.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient)
Date Range:
1292-1069 BCE
Extent:
1 item

3. Add Or 4145-4149, F792

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4145-4149, F792
Title:
GANGARAM CINTAMANI TAMBAT (fl. 1790-95) A Maratha artist in the emply of the Peshwa at Poona, who also worked extensively for the British Resident at ... Includes Add Or 4364
Scope & Content:
GANGARAM CINTAMANI TAMBAT (fl. 1790-95) A Maratha artist in the emply of the Peshwa at Poona, who also worked extensively for the British Resident at the Peshwa's court Sir Charles Warre Malet. Gangaram was employed especially to make drawings of the animals in the Peshwa's menagerie and in Mal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1789-1795
Extent:
7 items

4. Add Or 5330

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5330
Title:
Burmese cloth painting from the funeral carriage of a Phoongyi
Scope & Content:
Burmese cloth painting from the funeral carriage of a Phoongyi
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 5331

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5331
Title:
Burmese cloth painting from the funeral carriage of a Phoongyi
Scope & Content:
Burmese cloth painting from the funeral carriage of a Phoongyi
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

6. BLWA 1

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 1
Title:
Newton after William Blake. Artist(s): Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo (1924-2005)
Scope & Content:
'Newton' after William Blake, 1995. By Eduardo Paolozzi. Grant aided by The Foundation for Sport & the Arts. Funded by subscription from the football pools Vernons, Littlewoods and Zetters.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1995
Extent:
1 Item

7. BLWA 2

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 2
Title:
Planets. Artist(s): Gormley, Antony (b. 1950)
Scope & Content:
‘Planets’ by Antony Gormley (2002) features a circle of stones, each carved with a single outline of a body embracing each stone. These are mounted on square pillars rising behind the stone seats in the ‘Poet’s Circle’ amphitheatre on the British Library’s forecourt. In Gormley’s words, the work...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2002
Extent:
1 Item

8. BLWA 3

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 3
Title:
Sculpture of William Shakespeare (1564-1616). . Artist(s): Roubiliac, Louis Francois (1702-1762)
Scope & Content:
Full size marble sculpture of William Shakespeare by Louis Francois Roubiliac (1702-1762). The sculpture was commissioned by David Garrick (1717-1779) and was installed in the Temple of Shakespeare in the garden of Garrick's villa at Hampton. Bequeathed by David Garrick, 1779, with his books to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1757-58
Extent:
1 Item

9. BLWA 4

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 4
Title:
If not, not. Tapestry after a print by R.B. Kitaj. Artist(s): Edinburgh Tapestry Company
Scope & Content:
The design for the tapestry is based on a painting made by R.B. Kitaj in 1976, bearing the same title. It is woven in pure wool on a cotton warp (5 warps per inch). Dimensions at the tapestry's borders are 6.75 m by 6.75 m. Funded by the Arts Council of England Lottery Fund, the Bute Charitabl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1995
Extent:
1 Item

10. BLWA 5

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 5
Title:
Replica bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631). Artist(s): Roubiliac, Louis Francois (1702-1762), after
Scope & Content:
Replica portrait bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton Bt (1571-1631) by Louis-François Roubiliac, slightly to left, wearing a doublet, cloak and large ruff, attached to a rectangular painted stone socle of waisted form. Replica given by the Trustees of the British Museum. Replica made by Leo Stevens...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1993
Extent:
1 Item