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Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 56,16
Title:: A musical entertainment in a landscape
Scope & Content:: Miniaturepainting: ‘Concert champêtre.’ That this is a Bukhara miniature is clear from the turban of the youth on the horizon and the coronets and heavy necklaces of the ladies. On the other hand the rocky horizons seem to be derived from the Qazwin/Khurasan style, and the face of the principa...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1575-1600
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Johnson 60,20
Title:: A girl playing the tambura
Scope & Content:: A girl playing a tambur. Murshidabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered ); inscribed: ‘qaimat yek rupiya’ (the price [is] one rupee). Gouache; mounted on paper. 142 by 77 mm; page 190 by 120 mm. A girl, facing right, sits playing a ‘t...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1770
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: L.R.404.k.10(44)
Title:: Theatrical performance. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of actors in a 'scene from an historical play dealing with ancient times entitled 'Gosho Guruma,' literally 'The Imperial Cart.' The figure in white standing upon the cart represents the Mikado of the time. The Japanese theatre is the o...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Maps C.21.f.12(184)
Title:: Grand Rope Ascension, Niagara Falls. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events Distant view of an unidentified tightrope walker crossing the Niagara River Gorge, with the falls in the background. Stereo half, arched top.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur C72(109a)
Title:: Snake charmers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group of four figures, posed with baskets and musical instruments.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur C72(320a)
Title:: Snake charmers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Man and a youth displaying snake in basket.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F191/332(80)
Title:: Tamasha wala (juggler). In one hand a small drum, played by means of a string with a few pebbles on each side of the drum; the pebbles strike the drum when the hand is moved. In the other hand a small flute. Drum and flute were played as an intermezzo between the tricks. From his mouth he produced four large iron bullets, a number of small balls and a mass of wool. The wool is a usual trick, but the bullets were amazing. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of Tamasha wala (juggler).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Jul 1926
Extent:: 1 item

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