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561. Photo 28/2(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(31)
Title:
Rajpoots [at Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Shepherd & Robertson 1120' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of four Rajput men, armed with muskets and swords. No.1120 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue. This study is also reproduced in volume 4 of Watson and Kaye, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

562. Photo 61/1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(40)
Title:
No. 40. Amerapoora [Amarapura]. Barracks of the Burmese Guard. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the front of the thatched huts running along the outer wall of the Residency, served as barracks for the Burmese guard of honour to the mission. The Irrawaddy is visible in the lef...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

563. Photo 146/1(300)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(300)
Title:
Angediva Island, The North Canara Coast. Part of the Grande Battery. The gun carriages have long since rotten away. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Angediva for 150 years or so kept in full commission. It was, too, and intermediate rendezvous for the Portuguese royal navy, especially so for their frigates engaged in suppressing piracy. The English corsairs English and Taylor, in company, in 1720 passed between the island and the main, they ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

564. Photo 146/1(301)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(301)
Title:
Angediva Island, The North Canara Coast. Another battery commanding the channel and approach to the only landing place. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Angediva for 150 years or so kept in full commission. It was, too, and intermediate rendezvous for the Portuguese royal navy, especially so for their frigates engaged in suppressing piracy. The English corsairs English and Taylor, in company, in 1720 passed between the island and the main, they ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

565. Photo 184(37a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 184(37a)
Title:
Kris met Arabische inscriptie, Garoet [Kris with Arabic inscription, Garut]. Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Kris in steel and gold, with Arabic inscriptions on blade. 'Kris (keris) ornamentde with a veiled Durga, acting as the goddess of the netherworld, ready for frightening a victim to death; probably inscribed with a Koran verse in Arabic script. Garut, Garut dis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1863-Apr 1864
Extent:
1 item

566. Photo 184(37b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 184(37b)
Title:
Kris met Arabische inscriptie, Garoet [Kris with Arabic inscription, Garut]. Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Other side of the kris seen in print 37a. Kris in steel and gold, with Arabic inscriptions on blade. 'Kris (keris) ornamentde with a veiled Durga, acting as the goddess of the netherworld, ready for frightening a victim to death; probably inscribed with a Kor...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1863-Apr 1864
Extent:
1 item

567. Photo 184(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 184(38)
Title:
Bel, Lanspunten, enz., Tjiboeroej (Limbangan) [Bell, spearheads, etc., Limbangan]. Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography 'Ritual objects: finial and a bronze handbell with vajra ornament placed on atray. Ciburuy, Limbangan district, West Java province, 13th-16th century' [Note from catalogue list of series in Gerda Theuns-de Boer and Saskia Asser,' Isidore van Kinsbergen (1821-19...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1863-Dec 1863
Extent:
1 item

568. Photo 184(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 184(39)
Title:
Bel, Lanspunten, enz., Tjiboeroej (Limbangan) [Bell, spearheads, etc., Limbangan]. Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Three bronze spearheads of different design. Shares caption with preceding print, but no bell shown in this photograph. 'Three bronze ritual implements. Ciburuy, Limbangan district, West Java province, period unknown' [Note from catalogue list of series in Ge...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1863-Dec 1863
Extent:
1 item

569. Photo 184(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 184(45)
Title:
Pinang-knijper, lamp, zwaard en lanspunt, Pajong Sari en Pendjaloe [(?)Nutcrackers, lamp, sword and spear head, ...] Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Group of copper and iron objects. 'Weapon, nutcraker, lamp and sword. Payong Sari and Pejalu, Ciamis district, West Java province, various periods' [Note from catalogue list of series in Gerda Theuns-de Boer and Saskia Asser,' Isidore van Kinsbergen (1821-1905...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1863-Apr 1864
Extent:
1 item

570. Photo 184(60a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 184(60a)
Title:
Drie lilla's, Kawali [Three swivel guns, Kawali]. Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography 'Three ancient decorated falconets. Kawali, Ciamis district, West Java province, 16th-18th century' [Note from catalogue list of series in Gerda Theuns-de Boer and Saskia Asser,' Isidore van Kinsbergen (1821-1905)' (KITLV, Leiden, 2005), p. 233].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1863-Apr 1864
Extent:
1 item

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