Subject: Castes and Tribes - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3112
Title:: Hillmen, one carrying wood, the other a goatskin, Simla. Artist(s): Vigne, Godfrey Thomas (1801-1863)
Scope & Content:: Hillmen, one carrying wood, the other a goatskin. ‘Paharis or peasants of the Mountains (Him.) near Simla’. Pencil; 21 by 29 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1834
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3113
Title:: 'Peasants of the Chur Mountn. near Simla Him. Mns. Octr. 8th 1834. North of India British Territory'. Artist(s): Vigne, Godfrey Thomas (1801-1863)
Scope & Content:: ‘Peasants of the Chur Mountn. near Simla Him. Mns. Octr. 8th 1834. North of India British Territory’. Pencil; 21.2 by 30 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1834
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3455
Title:: Amorous Sikh couple. Artist(s): Abbott, Sir James (1807-1896)
Scope & Content:: Sikh couple. ‘Love at first sight; Beauty of the Court of Runjeet Singh by Godfrey Kneller of the Court. See Gallery of Beauty, Goojrat. This is not to be regarded as an intentional caricature. It is in fact a deliberate attempt to depict delicate sentiment’. Pencil and ink; 32 by 39.5 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1826-1867
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3670
Title:: Gurkha women. Inscribed: 'Women carding wool at Almora. December 1940'. Artist(s): Maher, Anne Teresa Prideaux (b. 1906)
Scope & Content:: Gurkha women. Inscribed: ‘Women carding wool at Almora. December 1940’. Pencil and white chalk; 29 by 40.5 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1940
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3689
Title:: 'A woman of Chumbi in the local costume'. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)
Scope & Content:: Inscribed on front: ‘Percy Brown’ and on reverse: ‘A woman of Chumbi in the local costume. P.B.’ On original mount: ‘No.8. Woman from Chumbi’. Water-colour; 35.4 by 25.5 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1909-1929
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3694
Title:: A woman spinning. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)
Scope & Content:: A woman spinning. Inscribed: ‘Percy Brown’ and on back of original mount: ‘Woman and her baby at Lachen Sikhim’. Water-colour; 29 by 19 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1909-1929
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3696
Title:: A man wrapped in a red blanket leaning on a staff. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)
Scope & Content:: A man wrapped in a red blanket leaning on a staff. Water-colour; 35 by 25 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1909-1929
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3697
Title:: A seated man and an ascetic. Artist(s): Brown, Percy (1872-1955)
Scope & Content:: A seated man and an ascetic. Pencil and water-colour; 25 by 35 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1909-1929
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3703
Title:: 'Lhapadam. Young Bhutea girl. Darjeeling'. Artist(s): Brown, Muriel Agnes Eleanora (1874-1943)
Scope & Content:: Inscribed on front: ‘Muriel Percy Brown 1914’ and on reverse: ‘Lhapadam. Young Bhutea girl. Darjeeling. Oct. 24th/14. Aged 16’. Water-colour; 27.5 by 19 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1914
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: WD3704
Title:: 'Our water carrier in Sikhim'. Artist(s): Brown, Muriel Agnes Eleanora (1874-1943)
Scope & Content:: Inscribed: ‘M. Percy Brown’. On original mount: ‘Our water carrier in Sikhim. No. 27’. Water-colour; 29 by 19 cm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1914-1915
Extent:: 1 Item

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