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11. Godwin Photo 7/3(135)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 7/3(135)
Title:
Body Language, Rawson's Market. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: ‘CN151-36/ Body Language, Rawsons Market/ small [written on ‘Post-it’ note]’. A boy stands on a large set of scales next to the entrance of some Ladies toilets; he has his legs crossed and between him and the public conveniences there is a poster advertising cat food that is titled...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1987
Extent:
1 item

12. Godwin Photo 7/4(201)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 7/4(201)
Title:
[Ladies conveniences, Rawson’s Market, Bradford.] Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: 'CN162-1'. Genre: Portrait Photography Two ladies, one with a push-chair, wait outside the entrance to the public toilets. (Originally housed in sleeve marked 'Rawsons Market Spares'.)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1987
Extent:
1 item

13. IO Islamic 2171, ff 366r-368v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 2171, ff 366r-368v
Title:
Two lists of weights and measures
Scope & Content:
Names and definitions of various weights and measures, following Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, 980-1037; ff. 366r-366v, line 1). This is followed by a similar list, alphabetically arranged and taken from a text...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Ff. 366r-368v

14. Photo 1224/2(106)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(106)
Title:
Banya's Shop [Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Signed and numbered Shepherd & Robertson, Photo: 1121 in the negative. Full-length portrait of two seated men seated in front of a shop, one holding a weighing balance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item