A Hackery, a cart for Men of consequence to ride in.
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A Hackery, a cart for Men of consequence to ride in. Inscribed on the opposite page: ‘A Hackery, a cart for Men of consequence to ride in.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm
A common cart or hackery Inscribed: ‘A common Cart or Hackeree.’ The image is framed by a black border. The image continues outside of the frame. 24.2 by 19.7cm
The Valley of the Mole. Photographer: Howlett, Robert
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Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a wooden cart against a background of trees on the bank of the Mole. Technical note: 'Taken on collodion, September 3, 1855, cloudy; exposure, three minutes; developed with pyrogallic acid. Lens by Ross; focal length eighteen inches; diameter three and a ha...
A hackery pulled by two oxen. Inscribed: ‘A Hickrie, the common conveyance of Gentoo & Malabar people who can afford to keep one’; in German: ‘Ein hiesiges Fahrzeug der vornehmen Schwarzen, dasz man Huckerie nennt’ (A local conveyancc of high class Blacks, which men call a hackery). Water-...
A hunting cheetah on a bullock-cart. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 37 in Persian inventory note. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; inner gilt floral border, outer border giltsprinkled on a plain ground. 73 by 118 mm; page 415 by 2...
A cheetah on a cart. Mughal, c.1630. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note (written twice); inscribed beneath: ‘‘amal-i ram’ (?) ‘das’ (the work of Ram Das). Lightly coloured drawing; on both sides are gilt floral inner borders with plain outer bo...