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Subject Musicians Material Type Photographs

141. Photo 1224/6(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(43)
Title:
Geyshers [Geishas]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Numbered 614 in the negative. Studio portrait of two geishas, one kneeling playing a stringed instrument, the other dancing, with a fan held aloft in her right hand. The two are posed in front of backdrop painted with a traditional scene.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

142. Photo 1224/6(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(46)
Title:
Singing girls [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Numbered 773 in the negative. Studio portrait of a young Japanese woman seated on a tatami mat playing a stringed instrument.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

143. Photo 1224/6(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(47)
Title:
Singing girls [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Numbered 776 in the negative. Studio portrait of two Japanese women, posed with musical instruments (a kind of zither and a guitar-like instrument).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

144. Photo 1224/6(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(48)
Title:
Singing girls [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in Japanese and numbered 483 in the negative. Studio portrait of a Japanese woman, seated with a stringed instrument (a kind of zither) resting on the floor in front of her.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

145. Photo 1224/6(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(50)
Title:
[Japanese] Street singer. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of a female street singer, posed with a guitar-like instrument (shamisen).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

146. Photo 1253/1(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(59)
Title:
'Jellallabad. Scene in the City with musicians.' Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a group of musicians seated under some trees. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1878. There is a marking 'Burke 77', lower right of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE / ART...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

147. Photo 1253/1(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(60)
Title:
At a music school on Kabul, boys are taught the traditional Afghan instrument the rubab. Difficult to play, it is a skill which nearly became extinct due to the Taliban prohibition on secular music. Photographer(s): Norfolk, Simon (1963–)
Scope & Content:
View of five musicians holding a musical instrument under some trees posed on carpets. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk / Photographs from the war in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk / Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 / An archival, digital, chromogen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

148. Photo 1295(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1295(19)
Title:
Musicians, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma. Photographer: Stereo Travel Company (New York)
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view, a close view of a group of musicians on the terrace of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. Image copyrighted 1908, by the Stereo Travel Company.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1908
Extent:
1 item

149. Photo 1297(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1297(19)
Title:
Newly married couple dining together for the first time, Canton, China. Photographer: Keystone View Company
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view, numbered '21' on upper centre of mount. Showing married couple and attendant musicians, all in traditional dress.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1905
Extent:
1 item

150. Photo 1424/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(14)
Title:
Nepalese dancing girl. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a female dancer with band playing traditional instruments. The dancer is wearing traditional Newar clothing: parsi (a sari with many pleats), misālan (blouse fastened with cloth ties and gā (shawl) wrapped around her upper body. The headdress is worn for special events. The instruments, l...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item