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41. Photo 1224/6(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(47)
Title:
Singing girls [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Numbered 776 in the negative. Studio portrait of two Japanese women, posed with musical instruments (a kind of zither and a guitar-like instrument).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

42. 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

43. Photo 1224/6(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(50)
Title:
[Japanese] Street singer. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of a female street singer, posed with a guitar-like instrument (shamisen).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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