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1. Add Or 105

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 105
Title:
Man selling necklaces
Scope & Content:
Man selling necklaces. Inscribed: ‘85. Maul Batchnawallah - Selling Wooden Jewells.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 160

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 160
Title:
Jewellery-seller
Scope & Content:
Jewellery-seller. Inscribed: ‘40. Johurrey. (Selling Emerald Pearls etc.)’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 1117

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1117
Title:
Jewel-seller.
Scope & Content:
Jewel-seller.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1804
Extent:
1 Item

4. Photo 127(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 127(98)
Title:
[Jewellers of Galle, Ceylon.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Carte-de-visite study of a group of Galle jewellers gathered round a table with their wares. For larger format prints featuring the same group, see Photo 210/1 (52) and Photo 1224/1 (131).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 180(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180(19)
Title:
A 'Ruby King' and family - daughter wears $100,000 worth of gems - Mogok, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 210/1(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(52)
Title:
Galle Jewellers. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Four men standing round a table displaying jewellery. For another copy, see Photo 1224/1 (131) and for a carte-de-visite of the same group in a different pose, see Photo 127 (98). Photograph of four jewellers from Galle, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), displayin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/59(5436)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/59(5436)
Title:
Girl wearing jewellery, from the Bengal collection at the International Exhibition of 1872. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length studio portrait of a reclining woman, with hookah at the left. This woman is also seen in print 5447. Probably photographed at Lucknow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/59(5437)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/59(5437)
Title:
Madras girl wearing jewellery, from the International Exhibition of 1872. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated studio portrait of a girl. Print not credited, but probably produced by the Madras School of Industrial Arts.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/59(5438)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/59(5438)
Title:
Gentoo dancing girls from Madras, displaying jewellery. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of three girls. This is probably one of the series of prints by Nicholas & Curths which was shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/59(5439)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/59(5439)
Title:
Jewellery worn by weavers of Madras. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of two women and a child, displaying jewellery. Printed from a broken glass negative, with cracks retouched. Print not credited, but possibly by the Madras School of Industrial Arts.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item