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221. Add Or 5543

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5543
Title:
A Srivaisnava ascetic dancing playing the tambura with a pot balanced on his head and with bells on his ankles.
Scope & Content:
A Srivaisnava ascetic dancing playing the ‘tambura’ with a pot balanced on his head and with bells on his ankles. Inscribed below (Hand C): ‘Pauvre.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

222. Add Or 5548

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5548
Title:
A white temple bull, accompanied by a man playing a drum .
Scope & Content:
A white temple bull, accompanied by a man playing a drum . Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Peuf (?boeuf?) de pagoda se promenent avec un joueur de tamtam.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

223. Add Or 5555

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5555
Title:
A man beating on little drum.
Scope & Content:
A man beating on little drum. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Bateur de petit tamtam.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

224. Add Or 5558

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5558
Title:
A man blowing into a large horn.
Scope & Content:
A man blowing into a large horn. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘?.... qui joue de la corne au enterrement.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

225. Add Or 5566

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5566
Title:
A woman with a basket slung over left forearm and clappers in her right hand.
Scope & Content:
A woman with a basket slung over left forearm and clappers in her right hand. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Tatachy ou servante du pagode.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

226. L.R.404.k.10(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.404.k.10(44)
Title:
Theatrical performance. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of actors in a 'scene from an historical play dealing with ancient times entitled 'Gosho Guruma,' literally 'The Imperial Cart.' The figure in white standing upon the cart represents the Mikado of the time. The Japanese theatre is the o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

227. Maps C.21.f.12(184)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps C.21.f.12(184)
Title:
Grand Rope Ascension, Niagara Falls. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Distant view of an unidentified tightrope walker crossing the Niagara River Gorge, with the falls in the background. Stereo half, arched top.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

228. Or 4769, f.27

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.27
Title:
Siva, white and his hair loose down his back, dancing before Parvati?, who is haloed, crowned and jewelled and seated on a portable throne beating time. The scene is set on a terrace with distant trees.
Scope & Content:
Siva, white and his hair loose down his back, with the moon on his head and a necklace of skulls, but jewelled and haloed, wearing a yellow ‘dhoti’ partly covered with black cloth, dancing before Parvati?, who is haloed, crowned and jewelled and seated on a portable throne beating time. The sce...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

229. Or 4770, f.32

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.32
Title:
Guru Nanak, dressed in a blue long gown and a blue pointed cap, haloed, seated on a terrace with the musician Mardana dressed in a long green jama and green turban, playing the rebab.
Scope & Content:
Guru Nanak, dressed in a blue long gown and a blue pointed cap, haloed, seated on a terrace with the musician Mardana dressed in a long green ‘jama’ and green turban, playing the rebab. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘. mardana. nanak shah.’ ‘32. Nanuc, the Illustrious founder of the Sect of the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

230. P961

Reference (shelfmark):
P961
Title:
Ballet dramatique représenté par les Malabars dans un bois, à Ceylan, près de Colombo. (Avril 1844.). Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
Scope & Content:
Ballet dramatique représenté par les Malabars dans un bois, à Ceylan, près de Colombo. (Avril 1844.) [Episode from the epics. Trimmed.] Lithograph of a theatrical performance by dancers and musicians in the jungle near Colombo in Sri Lanka by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) after an original draw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 Item