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311. Photo 1424/3(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(19)
Title:
Nepalese dancing girl. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a female dancer with band playing traditional instruments. The dancer is wearing traditional Newar clothing: parsi (a sari with many pleats), misālan (blouse fastened with cloth ties and gā (shawl) wrapped around her upper body. The headdress is worn for special events. The instruments, l...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

312. PP.3803.bha, 2/17(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
PP.3803.bha, 2/17(4)
Title:
A game at forfeits. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of three seated women, one holding a samisen (a guitar-like instrument), the other two demonstrating the hand movements involved in the game.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

313. PP.3803.bha, 3/2(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
PP.3803.bha, 3/2(2)
Title:
Common folk enjoying themselves. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of four men seated in a tea house: 'The group … represents four servants off duty - a cook, a house boy, a betto (groom) and a general utility man — the cook, who is an adept on the samisen [a guitar-like instrument], insisted on being represented with that ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

314. Talbot Photo 1(139)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(139)
Title:
[Savoyard with Hurdy-gurdy.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full length studio portrait of a standing boy wearing a brimmed hat and knee-high spats; he holds a hurdy-gurdy across his body. This image has been published as plate 1 in 'The Hurdy Gurdy' by Susann and Samuel Palmer (David & Charles: Newton Abbot, 1980) and is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

315. Talbot Photo 2(388)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(388)
Title:
Believed to be L to R. Caroline, Horatia, Lady Elizabeth. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'Believed to be L to R. Caroline, Horatia, Lady Elizabeth.' Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of three women; seated with book (Caroline Mount Edgcumbe), seated with guitar (Horatia Gaisford) and standing in the centre (Amelina Petit). Chemistry float-applie...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

316. Talbot Photo 2(484)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(484)
Title:
[Horatia Gaisford Playing the Harp.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'I. H.W.' [Intensified by Harold White]. Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length profile portrait of Talbot's half sister seated and playing the Erard harp; photograph taken outside, in front of a backdrop. Watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1842'. Intensified ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 May 1842
Extent:
1 item

317. Talbot Photo 3(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(63)
Title:
[Amélina Petit playing a Guitar.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '19 Oct/ 4[?]'. A calotype negative of a portrait of Amélina Petit, wearing a dark dress and a bonnet and playing a guitar. The number '6' is written in reverse in the top right corner. The date on the negative is indistinct and may read 1843. This negative is part...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19 Oct 1842
Extent:
1 item

318. Talbot Photo 3(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(65)
Title:
[The 'Angel' Harp by the Grand Piano, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '12 8/ 30'/ 16 Oct 1840'. A calotype negative possibly taken in the South Gallery of Lacock Abbey and showing a close-up of a harp with a music stand to the side and a grand piano behind; a pile of books visible through the strings of the harp. The photograph was t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

319. Talbot Photo 11(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 11(36)
Title:
[The 'Angel' harp, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography Close view of the harp, with a music stand to the left, a globe and a partial view of a bookshelf to the right and a grand piano with a pile of books behind. The photograph was taken with a 30 minute exposure time. The top right corner of the negative has been trim...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

320. Talbot Photo 13(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 13(19)
Title:
[Amelina's harp in the South Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography Study of the harp in the South Gallery at Lacock, positioned in front of a grand piano, with a bookshelf to the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 227 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

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