Subject: Jewellery - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

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

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 639/2(39)
Title:: [Portrait of two girls, probably nautch dancers.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two young women, squatting on their haunches facing the camera, the younger girl being groomed by her companion. The abundance of jewellery worn by them suggests they may be dancers.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 685(112)
Title:: Terracotta beads and other pieces from the Harappa excavations. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1927-1928
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 685(118)
Title:: Jewellery from trench IV on mound F, Harappa excavations. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Necklaces and armlets.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1928-1929
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 752/12(148)
Title:: Takht Singh, M'Raja of Johdpore [sic]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Takht Singh (Maharaja of Jodhpur 1843-73), heavily bejewelled and seated on a throne, holding a sword in his right hand and looking directly towards the camera.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/57(5275)
Title:: Koftghari work jewel casket from Sealkot, from the International Exhibition of 1871. Photographer: Griggs, William
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1871
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/57(5309)
Title:: Bouquet holders and armlet in filigree silver from Cuttack, (?)from the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. Photographer: Unknown
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1873
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1000/59(5391)
Title:: Non-photographic: lithograph illustrating various kinds of Indian jewellery, drawn on stone by Romanauth Dass, and printed at the Surveyor-General's Office, Calcutta, 1867.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

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