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1. 1784.a.20(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.20(19)
Title:
Le joueur d'orgue. Photographer: Rousset, Ildefonse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of an organ-grinder, his wife and numerous children, posed in a garden.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 2(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(32)
Title:
Actors, ancient marriage costume. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of two actors, a man and a woman, in costume, seen from the front.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 2(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(33)
Title:
Actors, ancient marriage costume. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of the pair of actors seen in print 32, here photographed from behind.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

4. 1787.d.7, 2(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(34)
Title:
Ancient costume [Chinese actors]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of a male actor, in costume.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

5. 1787.d.7, 2(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(35)
Title:
Ancient costumes [Chinese actors]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of a male actor, in costume.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

6. 1787.d.7, 4(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(27)
Title:
A Pekingese peep-show. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Street scene, with a group gathered round a peep-show apparatus: 'The peep-show also ... enjoys a large share of public favour. It is fitted with a series of lenses in front, through which the eye of the spectator beholds the wonders of the world. For...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

7. 10804.f.6(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
10804.f.6(21)
Title:
Charles Kean, Esq., F.S.A, Photographer: Maull and Polyblank
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length full-face portrait of Charles John Kean (1811-1868), second son of Edmund Kean and himself a successful actor. With biographical notice by Edward Walford. Part issued January 1858 and date stamped by British Museum 30 January 1858. Exhibited: Pho...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

8. 10804.f.6(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
10804.f.6(33)
Title:
J. B. Buckstone, Esq. Photographer: Maull and Polyblank
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length full-face portrait, seated at a desk writing, of the comedian, comic writer and actor-manager John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879). With biographical notice by Edward Walford. Part issued January 1859 and date stamped by British Museum 2 February 1...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
1 item

9. Add Or 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 21
Title:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers
Scope & Content:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers, two of whom offer cups of wine. The miniature is numbered '14' in the outer margin. 12.5 by 12 cm. (ex Monif Collection, New York). Purchased, July 1953. For other miniatures detached from the same manuscr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 359

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 359
Title:
Dancing girl
Scope & Content:
Dancing girl
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item