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032-003185460 Subject Musical Instruments

11. Photo 1224/6(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(48)
Title:
Singing girls [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in Japanese and numbered 483 in the negative. Studio portrait of a Japanese woman, seated with a stringed instrument (a kind of zither) resting on the floor in front of her.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 1224/2(151)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(151)
Title:
Kashmir nautch girls. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Numbered 607 in the negative. Kashmir was visited by the compiler of this album between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Group of dancing girls and musicians seated on a terrace, probably, like print 149, in the Shalimar Gardens at Srinagar. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'Group of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1865
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 1224/3(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(49)
Title:
[Two Chinese girls]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length hand tinted studio portrait of two girls, one seated on a chair holding a stringed instrument, the other standing beside her. In the background are four banners with Chinese inscriptions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 1224/2(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(99)
Title:
A Nautch [at Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Showing a dance performance with musicians and spectators.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 1224/5(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/5(15)
Title:
Kioto [Daibutz bell]. Photographer: Stillfried, Raimund von
Scope & Content:
Inscribed Daibutz Bell 533 in the negative. View of massive temple bell, resting on stone blocks.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 1224/2(149)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(149)
Title:
Kashmir nautch girls. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Numbered 606 in the negative. Kashmir was visited by the compiler of this album between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Showing dancing girls performing before an audience of men in the verandah of a pavilion in the Shalimar Gardens at Srinagar. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'A N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1865
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 1224/4(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(39)
Title:
Batavian Dancing Girl. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio group portrait of a woman in costume, with musicians seated around her. This particular group played wayang topeng, one of the traditional varieties of Javanese theatre, in which the players performed roles while wearing topeng or masks made out of wood. Such groups usually d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1872
Extent:
1 item