Subject: Rites and Ceremonies / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: P973
Title:: Procession de la Déesse Kali. (Calcutta, Octobre 1841.). Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
Scope & Content:: Lithograph by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) after an original drawing of October 1841 by Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov of the procession of the Goddess at Calcutta published in Paris in 1848. In Hindu tradition, Kali 'the black one' is the most terrifying of all the manifestations of Shiv...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1848
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: P989
Title:: Cortege du Grand Mogol à Delhi.. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
Scope & Content:: Lithograph by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) after an original drawing by Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov of the procession of the Mughal Emperor of India Bahadur Shah II at Delhi published in 1848. Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775-1862), a noted poet and calligrapher, was the last of the Moghul Emp...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1848
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 11(91)
Title:: Monuments of Sutteeism in the Kangra Valley. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: View of stone sati memorials under a tree in the Kangra valley, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Sati or the custom of a widow immolating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre was practiced by some Hindus, particularly the Rajputs. Sati slabs were placed in memory of the women who committed ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 20(28)
Title:: Devil dancers—Tongsa Jong [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of costumed dancers and musicians gathered in a courtyard in the dzong at Tongsa. The photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 439), with the following caption: 'A group of masked dancers—Tongsa-Jo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1905
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 793(41)
Title:: Baniyan Tree, Kangra, with Suttee Monuments. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1003(821)
Title:: Inscribed sati stone from Rameshra, Jhansi District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1880s-180s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1113(43)
Title:: Burmese cremation no.1. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of the funeral procession, with the palaquin containing the body of the deceased being carried to the cremation place. Original negative only, no print.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1113(44)
Title:: Burmese cremation no. 2. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography A more distant view of the funeral procession seen in the preceding print, with the houses of a village in the background. Original negative only, no print.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1113(45)
Title:: Burmese cremation no. 3. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography View of the palanquin carrying the coffin, with mourners gathered in the foreground. Original negative only, no print.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

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