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Reference (shelfmark):: P1195-1198
Title:: Presentation pieces. Four illustrations from The Illustrated London News, 19th century: A plate, crystal fountain, dessert service and testimonials
Scope & Content:: Illustrations from periodicals showing Plates and Table Centres. P1195 'Plate presented by the inhabitants of Calcutta to Sir Rowland Macdonald Stephenson, Managing Director of the East Indian Railway'. P1196 'Colossal crystal fountain made for the Maharajah of Puttiala'. P1197 'Dessert se...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880-1900
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 184(48)
Title:: Oliphant, Karta Wagoenan (Koeningan) [Elephant, ...]. Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Earthenware figure of an elephant. 'Terra cota elephant with depository. Karta Wangungan, Kuningan district, West Java province, period unknown' [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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1004/2(647)
Title:: Chinese exhibit in the Pagan Museum. Tea set. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:: A ceramic pot in the form of birds.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1908-1909
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1006/1(125)
Title:: Kashmir. Tile work in entrance to tomb of Madani near Srinagar. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1907-1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1058/1(14)
Title:: Faïences dans l'intérieur du Tombeau du Sultan Mehmed, Brousse [Bursa] [Turkish text: Faience and tiled wall in the Mausoleum of Sultan Mehmed I in Bursa]. Photographer: Abdullah Frères
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Abdullah Frères' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of decorative tilework in the interior of the Yesil Turbe (Green Tomb) at Bursa.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1058/1(15)
Title:: Mihrab orné de Faïences dans l'intérieur du Tombeau du Sultan Mehmed, Brousse [Bursa] [Turkish text: The tiled Mihrab in the Mausoleum of Sultan Mehmed I in Bursa]. Photographer: Abdullah Frères
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Abdullah Frères' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the mihrab (niche indicating the direction of prayer), with elaborately decorated tilework, inside the Yesil Turbe (Green Tomb) at Bursa.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1058/1(16)
Title:: Niche à la porte du Tombeau du Sultan Mehmed, Brousse [Bursa] [Turkish text: A niche at the Mausoleum of Sultan Mehmed I in Bursa]. Photographer: Abdullah Frères
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Abdullah Frères' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography Carved niche at the entrance to the Green Tomb, Bursa.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1058/1(23)
Title:: Faïences dorées dans Yéchil-Djami, Brousse [Yesil Cami, Bursa] [Turkish text: A tiled wall with gilt calligraphy inside the Green Mosque of Sultan Mehmed I near Bursa]. Photographer: Abdullah Frères
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Abdullah Frères' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of a section of wall inside the Yesil Cami (Green Mosque) at Bursa, showing the decorative tilework in the forming of interlocking hexagonal and triangular tiles, with a band of calligraphic decor...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s
Extent:: 1 item

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