Alhambra painted gesso plaque depicting a mihrab and four windows above, decorated in gilt and polychrome in the Nasrid style, with a black and... Show moreAlhambra painted gesso plaque depicting a mihrab and four windows above, decorated in gilt and polychrome in the Nasrid style, with a black and white Orientalist style photograph as a background, mounted in an "Arabesque" parquetry wood frame. The photograph is a staged souvenir picture showing three women with oriental costumes and musical instruments. Title and date devised from Library staff. The plaque is stamped Rafael Rus Acosta, 26. Old label on the verso the photograph, "Emilio ruiz, Casa Linares" and "Granada, Alhambre, 64". Arabic script carved on the upper and lower part of the frame "لاعلى الا الله". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0243 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2518927x BIB-ID: 2623721 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, numbered (96) and signed "C. Vincenti Dar-es-Salam" in the negative.... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, numbered (96) and signed "C. Vincenti Dar-es-Salam" in the negative. Manuscript caption under the print "H. [?] M. Sultanen af Zanzibar" and on the verso of the print "Smedslättsgården 1957 B. Lundberg". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0015-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26368444 BIB-ID: 2815195 Show less
Title and date from item. The print is titled and has the blind stamp of the photographer "C. Vincenti Dar-es-Salam 1900". Handwritten title and... Show moreTitle and date from item. The print is titled and has the blind stamp of the photographer "C. Vincenti Dar-es-Salam 1900". Handwritten title and numbers (16.11) in ink on the mount and later manuscript note on the verso of the print "Smedslättsgården 1957 B. Lundberg". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0015-0007 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26369230 BIB-ID: 2815258 Show less
Title from items, date devised by Library staff. Handwritten titles "Uppfarten från sjön" (The driveway from the lake) and "Daln / f. D. Slaf /... Show moreTitle from items, date devised by Library staff. Handwritten titles "Uppfarten från sjön" (The driveway from the lake) and "Daln / f. D. Slaf / hall" and numbers (18.11) in ink on the mount and later manuscript note on the verso of the print "Smedslättsgården 1957 B. Lundberg". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0015-0011 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26369709 BIB-ID: 2815304 Show less
Title and date devised. The photograph is signed in the negative. Main Heritage Office General HC.HP.2017.0067 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24468265 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised. The photograph is signed in the negative. Main Heritage Office General HC.HP.2017.0067 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24468265 BIB-ID: 2537254 Show less
Tea plantations, Tea plantations--South Asia--Photographs, Women tea plantation workers, Women tea plantation workers--Portraits
Collection of photographs probably coming from the Popperfoto, one of the UK's oldest and largest independently-owned image libraries founded by... Show moreCollection of photographs probably coming from the Popperfoto, one of the UK's oldest and largest independently-owned image libraries founded by the Czech photo-journalist Paul Popper in 1934, who is also the author of some of the pictures. The collection depicts tea plantations in India, both in Assam and in Darjeeling. Photographs portrait laborers (coolies") in the plantations, especially Muslim women, planting, pruning, and plucking tea. Also, Nepali tea workers, low caste children, and religious holidays celebrated at the plantation. The rest of the collection consists of views of Colombo showing Buddist temples, local shops, the harbor, local wagons, and snake charmers. One picture of local boats alongside a ship in Port Said. Title and date devised by Library staff. Prints format ranging from 6 x 5 cm to 8 x 12 cm. 41 prints are captioned in pencil on the verso, 13 are captioned in white ink on the mount. Hand stamp "Paul Popper Furnival House 14-18 High Holborn, London, W.C.1" on the verso of some prints. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0015 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26114100 BIB-ID: 2745817 Show less
Orientalism--Women, Orientalism--Women--Portraits, Clothing and dress, Clothing and dress--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
The photograph portrays a woman in typical Orientalist dress and pose, sitting on a sofa and smoking hookah. The Turkish woman portrayed in old... Show moreThe photograph portrays a woman in typical Orientalist dress and pose, sitting on a sofa and smoking hookah. The Turkish woman portrayed in old Ottoman costume was a popular photographic genre at the end of the Nineteenth century. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, numbered (115) and signed on the negative. Number in ink on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0127 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23693563 BIB-ID: 2523806 Show less
Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Egypt--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Portraits
The photograph portrays the man with a hookah, in front of a backdrop recreating a kind of idyllic rural scene. Title from item, date devised by... Show moreThe photograph portrays the man with a hookah, in front of a backdrop recreating a kind of idyllic rural scene. Title from item, date devised by Libray staff. The photograph is captioned and numbered (626) in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0069 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23694853 BIB-ID: 2523856 Show less
Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Egypt--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Portraits
The photograph portrays a sāīs (سايس). This traditional term refers to those handymen workers who were originally responsible for the care of... Show moreThe photograph portrays a sāīs (سايس). This traditional term refers to those handymen workers who were originally responsible for the care of horses and donkeys but that were also employed as guards and messengers. The French word coureur means in fact runner. The man photographed in a typical portrait pose in front of a backdrop recreating an Egyptian landscape. Title devised by Library staff, date from item.The photograph is signed, captioned and numbered (862) in the negative. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0073 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23694841 BIB-ID: 2523854 Show less
Alexander , 356 B.C.-323 B.C, İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri., Sarcophagi--Decoration, Sarcophagi--Decoration--Photographs, Alexander Sarcophagus (Sidon, Lebanon), Alexander Sarcophagus (Sidon, Lebanon)--Photographs
The photograph shows one of the long sides of the sarcophagus, adorned with bas-relief carvings, depicting Alexander the Great routing the Persians... Show moreThe photograph shows one of the long sides of the sarcophagus, adorned with bas-relief carvings, depicting Alexander the Great routing the Persians during the Battle of Issus. Title from item, date and author devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (12) in the negative. Numbered in ink (118) on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0067 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26389769 BIB-ID: 2818008 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26822829 BIB-ID: 2854470 Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26822829 BIB-ID: 2854470 Show less
The Muhafiz Khan Mosque was constructed in 897 AH/1492 CE by Jamail-ud-Din Muhafiz Khan during the reign of Mahmud Shah I (r. 862—917 AH/1458—1511... Show moreThe Muhafiz Khan Mosque was constructed in 897 AH/1492 CE by Jamail-ud-Din Muhafiz Khan during the reign of Mahmud Shah I (r. 862—917 AH/1458—1511 CE) and it is considered an excellent example of Mughal architecture. It is named from the governor of the region at that time. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Vault HC.HP.2016.0056-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26823913 BIB-ID: 2854534 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0005 2-D Graphic ... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0005 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26824140 BIB-ID: 2854540 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0006 2-D Graphic ... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26824206 BIB-ID: 2854542 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0007 2-D Graphic ... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0007 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2682422x BIB-ID: 2854543 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0008 2-D Graphic ... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0008 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26824243 BIB-ID: 2854544 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajmer-Merwara Main Heritage... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajmer-Merwara Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0009 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26824267 BIB-ID: 2854545 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q2b-SKIJxM&ab_channel... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q2b-SKIJxM&ab_channel=valpard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi_Vilas_Palace,_Vadodara https://www.outlookindia.com/traveller/ot-getaway-guides/vadodara-cultural-capital-gujarat/ Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0010 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26824334 BIB-ID: 2854546 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajmer-Merwara Main Heritage... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Print signed and titled in the negative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajmer-Merwara Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0056-0011 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26824371 BIB-ID: 2854548 Show less
It collects views of sites in Palestine and Syria, including expeditions westerners made with Bedouins. With picturesque views of pre-historic... Show moreIt collects views of sites in Palestine and Syria, including expeditions westerners made with Bedouins. With picturesque views of pre-historic sites, various mosques and churches, and scenes of local inhabitants. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Most of the photographs are signed, numbered and captioned and signed the negative. The green leather portfolio is gilt-lettered and closed with ties; it contains loose albumen prints mounted on cardboard with notations in pencil in German on mounts recto. Prints size 21.6 x 27.9 cm. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0087 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23344064 BIB-ID: 2498267 Show less
