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31. Add Or 5185

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5185
Title:
Torture. Extracting the truth. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Torture. Extracting the truth
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

32. Add Or 5186

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5186
Title:
Punishing a Bad Wife. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Punishing a Bad Wife Original inscription: 夾指問淫(Applying pressure to the fingers to interrogate promiscuity) Depiction of two men using a "finger crusher" (a Qing Dynasty torture tool) on a kneeling woman. The tool is made of five cylidrical pieces of wood tied together with a rope, which can ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

33. Add Or 5187

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5187
Title:
Strangulation. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Strangulation Original inscription: 議絞全屍 (Judgement of strangulation so that the corpse remains whole) Depiction of a criminal tied to a wooden cross and being strangled with a rope. On the ground are leg fetters and a wooden board inscribed with the words "By imperial decree, criminal condemn...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

34. Add Or 5188

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5188
Title:
Beheading. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Beheading Original inscription: 十惡殺頭 (convicted of one of the ten great wrongs and beheaded) Depiction of a kneeling criminal about to be beheaded. One officer squats behind the criminal and hols his shoulder; a second officer is depicted lifting a sword. The criminal has the board of infamy t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

35. Add Or 5189

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5189
Title:
Capt. Anstruther. Transporting from and to prison. Artist(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Capt. Anstruther. Transporting from and to prison Original inscription: 上囚赴解 (Carting the prisoner to a certain place) Depiction of two soldiers carrying a prisoner in a wooden cage. On the upper garnment of the left soldier, there are the characters "Brave of the Right Brigade", identifying h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 Item

36. Add Or 5475, f.16

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.16
Title:
The Kotwal's Chabutra, or office of the city of Delhi's chief magistrate, in Chandni Chowk. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
The Kotwal’s Chabutra, or principal square in Chandni Chowk. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i kotvali chabutra-i dihli.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

37. Add Or 5498

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5498
Title:
Highway robber.
Scope & Content:
Highway robber. Inscribed below (Hand A and B): ‘Voleur de grand chemin.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

38. Foster 1041

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1041
Title:
Architectural model of the Black Hole of Calcutta. Artist(s): Busteed, Henry Elmsley
Scope & Content:
Architectural model of the Black Hole of Calcutta.. Artist(s): Busteed, Henry Elmsley
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 Item

39. Johnson 3,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 3,6
Title:
Man trampled by an elephant
Scope & Content:
A man trampled by an elephant. Faizabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with touches of colour and gold. 161 by 144 mm; page 405 by 292 mm. An elephant tramples upon a man, the mahout raising his goad above his head as if...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

40. Johnson 28,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,8
Title:
Captive robbers before the King, with the Vizier interceding for the youngest
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting illustrating the ‘Gulistan’ of Sa‘di: captive robbers before the King, and the Vizier interceding for the youngest member of the gang. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 19 by 11.5 cm (page 36.5 by 23 cm). Illuminated frame and two rectangular panels at the top...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item