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Subject Arms and Armaments Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Photo 20(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(34)
Title:
The Tongsa's body-guard [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Tongsa Penlop's bodyguard, with Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk himself standing in the centre. The men carry circular metal shields with four large bosses and the symbol of the sun and crescent moon standing proud.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 197(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(9)
Title:
Noonday Gun, [Kabul]. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Close view of a field gun, presumably in the Sherpur Cantonment.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 197(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(42)
Title:
Captured Guns, Kabul. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of captured Afghan field guns, ranged in lines in the Sherpur Cantonment. A light covering of snow lies on the ground. Other copies at Photo 98 (27) and Photo 449/1 (24).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 197(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 197(66)
Title:
[Three Afghan soldiers standing next to a cannon.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1041(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1041(46)
Title:
An Abyssinian soldier. Photographer: Swayne, Harald George Carlos
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '46' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Soldier posed with shield, spear and rifle in the British mission compound at Addis Ababa.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1897-Jun 1897
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1183(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(19)
Title:
Weapons of the Regent of Bandong. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '37' in pencil on mount. Genre: Still Life Photography Composition of weapons of the Bupati of Bandung, including keris and ceremonial axes, arranged in front of the wood-framed screen which also forms the background to print 17,
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item