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2081. Foster 914-915

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 914-915
Title:
Pair of boardroom tables
Scope & Content:
A pair of board-room tables, c.1800. Cabriole legs with Indian masks, and lion-paw feet, with along one side a female head in the central cartouche framed by a scallop shell and acanthus leaves. Mahagony, 120 ins. long by 30 ins. wide. J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’, no.64. Made to matc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

2082. Foster 980

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 980
Title:
The potter, engaged in throwing a pot on a wheel, with various examples of his art around him. Painted at Shantipur, 1792.. Artist(s): Devis, Arthur William (1762-1822)
Scope & Content:
Devis, Arthur William (1762-1822) The potter, engaged in throwing a pot on a wheel, with various examples of his art around him. Painted at Shantipur, 1792. Oil on canvas; 43.4 by 59 cm. Purchased 1999. Provenance: Biddulph family, as above; Sotheby’s 21 March 1979; private collection; Soth...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1792
Extent:
1 Item

2083. Foster 1038

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1038
Title:
A seated tailor, his left leg tucked under, both hands in front holding now missing objects, presumably a needle and a cloth.. Artist(s): Jadunath Pal (c.1821-c.1900)
Scope & Content:
A seated tailor, his left leg tucked under, both hands in front holding now missing objects, presumably a needle and a cloth. Fixed on a rectangular wooden base, 16 mm thick. Overall dimensions 142 mm high, 110 mm wide, 123 mm deep.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1860
Extent:
1 Item

2084. Foster 1039

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1039
Title:
A seated painter of pots, with his right leg tucked under, his right hand grasping a now missing brush, his left hand a plate, with a selection of pots and dishes before him.. Artist(s): Jadunath Pal (c.1821-c.1900)
Scope & Content:
A seated painter of pots, with his right leg tucked under, his right hand grasping a now missing brush, his left hand a plate, with a selection of pots and dishes before him. Fixed on a rectangular clay base. Overall dimensions 143 mm high, 100 mm wide, 138 mm deep.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1860
Extent:
1 Item

2085. Foster 1040

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1040
Title:
A standing porter, his left arm dangling, his right extended once holding something now lost, a bamboo dowel through his turban suggesting a load was once on his head.. Artist(s): Jadunath Pal (c.1821-c.1900)
Scope & Content:
A standing porter, his left arm dangling, his right extended once holding something now lost, a bamboo dowel through his turban suggesting a load was once on his head. Fixed on a rectangular base of terracotta. Overall dimensions 265 mm high, 85 mm wide, 63 mm deep.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1860
Extent:
1 Item

2086. Foster 1049

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1049
Title:
A pen case (lid only) with silver plaque awarded to Cadet. FrancisTandy for his skill in military drawing while at the Addiscombe Seminary.
Scope & Content:
Pen-case (lid only) with silver plaque inscribed: ‘Presented at the Public Examinations on the 9th Dec. 1853 to Gentleman Cadet F.L. Tandy by the Honble. Court of Directors of the East India Company, as a mark of the Court’s approbation of his attainments in Military Drawing while at the Milita...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 Item

2087. Foster 1050

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1050
Title:
A ruler case with silver plaque, with six rulers, awarded to Cadet FrancisTandy for his skill in civil drawing while at the Addiscombe Seminary.
Scope & Content:
Ruler-case containing six ivory rulers, with silver plaque on lid inscribed: ‘Presented at the Public Examinations on the 9th Dec. 1853 to Gentleman Cadet F.L. Tandy by the Honble. Court of Directors of the East India Company, as a mark of the Court’s approbation of his attainments in Civil Dra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 Item

2088. HS.85/10/3(9517)

Reference (shelfmark):
HS.85/10/3(9517)
Title:
The old hunter. Photographer: Smith, Lewis Hiram
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Letterpress caption label with copyright description pasted to mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Posed studio portrait, mounted on a cabinet card, of a hunter in a wintry landscape.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

2089. HS.85/10/3(9518)

Reference (shelfmark):
HS.85/10/3(9518)
Title:
The turkey hunter. Photographer: Smith, Lewis Hiram
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Letterpress caption label with copyright description pasted to mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Posed studio portrait, mounted on a cabinet card, of a hunter in a wintry landscape, carrying home a dead turkey.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

2090. HS.85/10/3(9774)

Reference (shelfmark):
HS.85/10/3(9774)
Title:
Klondikers buying miner's licenses at Custom House, Victoria, B.C., Feb. 21 1898. Photographer: Jones, John Wallace
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Handwritten caption on mount and copyright declaration in the negative. View showing a long line of prospective miners queuing in front of the Victoria customs house.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Feb 1898
Extent:
1 item

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