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451. WD4510

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4510
Title:
Dancing girls and musicians from Madras.. Artist(s): Green, Christopher (c. 1745-1805)
Scope & Content:
GREEN, CHRISTOPHER (c. 1745-1805) Bengal Artillery. Cadet 1770, Lieut. 1774, Capt. 1782, Lt. Col. 1796. Col. 1800, Maj Gen. 1805. Qmr. to newly raised Golandaz Coys. in 1777; 2nd Mysore War, ADC to Col. Pearse; 1787, 2nd Rohilla War, Major commdg. 3rd Bn. Art.; remonstrated with Lord Cornwallis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

452. WD4566

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4566
Title:
Standing Indian female figure, a temple dancer. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Study of a full length Indian female figure, a temple dancer, posed with her head resting in her left hand. In the upper right hand corner, there is a detail of the design of the dancer's bracelet. The artist's comments on the clothing and jewellery are visible. Pencil; 20.8 x 14.1 cm Presente...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1792-93
Extent:
1 Item

453. WD4568

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4568
Title:
Standing Indian female figure, a temple dancer. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Study of a full length Indian female temple dancer wearing a sari. Positioned facing away from the viewer. The artist's comments on the clothing is visible. Pencil;24.0 x 17.4 cm Presented to the British Library in 2006.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1792-93
Extent:
1 Item

454. WD4572

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4572
Title:
A nautch at Tinnevelly. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840) and Daniell, William (1769-1837).
Scope & Content:
Pencil on paper 181 x 318 mm Inscribed: 'musicians' and '6 women dancers' and further inscribed 'Sundown Tinivelly District.' Group of Europeans watching a nautch. The figure seated on the left may be Benjamin Torin, a collector in Tinnevelly. The Daniells spent a month in Tinnevelly in 1792 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1792
Extent:
1 Item

455. Wq4/6069(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wq4/6069(16)
Title:
Italian street musicians. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a young Italian harpist, posed in the street with an audience of youths and two men: 'Other children come over to England to join their families, or the more enterprising members of their families, who have found out how to make money in o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

456. X43(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
X43(19)
Title:
Purtaub Singh. Plate 19 from the Honble. Miss Eden's 'Portraits of the Princes and People of India,' C. Hullmandel's lithography, published by J. Dickinson & Son, London, 1844. Artist(s): Dickinson, Lowes Cato (1819-1908), after Eden, Emily (1797-1869)
Scope & Content:
Purtaub Singh. Plate 19 from the Honble. Miss Eden's 'Portraits of the Princes and People of India,' C. Hullmandel's lithography, published by J. Dickinson & Son, London, 1844.. Artist(s): Dickinson, Lowes Cato (1819-1908), after Eden, Emily (1797-1869)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
1 Item

457. X377(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
X377(4)
Title:
A Nautch in the Palace of the Ameer of Sind. Pl. 3 from The Oriental Portfolio. Artist(s): Haghe, Louis (1806-1895), after Stephanoff
Scope & Content:
A Nautch in the Palace of the Ameer of Sind. Pl. 3 from The Oriental Portfolio.. Artist(s): Haghe, Louis (1806-1895), after Stephanoff
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
1 Item

458. X471/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
X471/1(15)
Title:
'B'haut Puffer, Flatterer'. Section 3, pl. 3, in volume 1 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Scope & Content:
'B'haut Puffer, Flatterer'. Section 3, pl. 3, in volume 1 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808.. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
1 Item

459. X471/1(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
X471/1(63)
Title:
'Kawns. Hindoo Singers.' A man singing and playing a drum. Section 11, pl.3, in volume 1 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Scope & Content:
'Kawns. Hindoo Singers.' A man singing and playing a drum. Section 11, pl.3, in volume 1 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808.. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
1 Item

460. X471/2(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
X471/2(8)
Title:
'Nautch. A Hindoo Dance.' Dancers and musicians performing for a group of men. Section 14, pl. 1, in volume 2 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Scope & Content:
'Nautch. A Hindoo Dance.' Dancers and musicians performing for a group of men. Section 14, pl. 1, in volume 2 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808.. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
1 Item

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