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The costume of Hindostan: elucidated by sixty coloured engravings, with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799Costumes de l'Indostan

Clothing and dress, Clothing and dress--India, Costume, Costume--India, Costume--History, Costume--History--18th century, GT1460 .S65 1807

by Balt. Solvyns.
Title on added t.p.: Costumes de l'Indostan, dessin dans l'Inde en 1798 et 1799, et reprent en soixante planches enlumins.
Reproduc...
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Title on added t.p.: Costumes de l'Indostan, dessin dans l'Inde en 1798 et 1799, et reprent en soixante planches enlumins.
Reproduction of original from Beinecke Library, Yale University.
Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 19551.11.
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GT1460 .S65 1807
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Item-ID: i22255667
BIB-ID: 2383963
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.
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Les costumes populaires de La Turquie en 1873

Clothing and dress, Clothing and dress--Turkey, Costume, Costume--Turkey, GT1267 .O86 1873

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GT1267 .O86 1873
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Item-ID: i25618611
BIB-ID: 1014951
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GT1267 .O86 1873
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Item-ID: i25618611
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Voyages (du Sr.) A. de La Motraye, en Europe, Asie & Afrique: où l'on trouve une grande varieté de recherches geographiques, historiques et politiques, sur l'Italie, la Grece, la Turquie, la Tartarie Crimée, & Nogaye, la Circassie, la Suede, la Laponie, & c : (avec des Remarques instructives sur les moeurs, costumes, opinions & c. des peuples & des païs ou l'auteur a voyagé) : comme aussi des Relations fidèles des rvenemens considerables arrivées pendant plus de 26 années que l'auteur a employées dans ses Voyages : ouvrage enrichie d'un grand nombre de cartes, plans, et figures en taille-douce

Description and travel, Description and travel, D917 .L36 1727

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D917 .L36 1727
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Item-ID: i10240469
BIB-ID: 1025682
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D917 .L36 1727
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Item-ID: i10240469
BIB-ID: 1025682
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Mrs. Burr's SketchesSketches, Costumes and scenery of Spain and Turkey

Garland, James Albert , 1870-1906, Islamic architecture, Islamic architecture--Pictorial works

Anne-Margaretta Burr, also known as Margaretta Higford Burr) was a British painter. The daughter of the Royal Navy Captain Edward Scobell (1783...
Show moreAnne-Margaretta Burr, also known as Margaretta Higford Burr) was a British painter. The daughter of the Royal Navy Captain Edward Scobell (1783–1825), she traveled to Spain, Italy, Sicily, and the East. published Sketches in Spain, The Holy Land, Egypt, Turkey, and Greece in 1841. In 1844 she was in Cairo with her husband, the British Member of Parliament Daniel Higford Davall Burr (1811–1885), and subsequently visited Syria, Jerusalem, and Constantinople. She also accompanied the renowned English politician, archaeologist, and cuneiformist Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894) in his travels in Egypt and Turkey. She mainly composed watercolors. Her watercolors were done in vivid colors and great detail, especially costumes and architectural features. In contrast, the lithographs based on her works follow the technique and aesthetics of the time and render the views somewhat hazily.
pl. 1 Street leading to El Azhar, Grand Cairo. -- pl. 2 Gateway of a Bazaar, grand Cairo. -- pl. 3 Mosque of Sultan Hassan. -- pl. 4 Interior of Hareem, Cairo. -- pl. 5 The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx, Grezeh from the South. -- pl. 6 Our room in the Armenian Convent in Jerusalem. -- pl. 7 Court before the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem, at Easter time. -- pl. 8 The Missr Tcharsky (Egyptian Market) Constantinople. -- pl. 9 From the Parthenon looking to the West. Fountain in the Plain of Sharon -- pl. 10 The Alcazar, Seville, Hall of the Ambassadors. -- pl. 11 Court of the Myrtles, Alhambra. Door of the Cathedral from the Patio de los Naranjos, Seville. -- pl. 12 Chapter House, Covent of St. Jeronimo, Belem.
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Full contemporary red cloth. Title blocked in gilt. All the images are signed in the plate "A.M.Burr" or with an emblem of a small bird, an urn and 2 circles [B(ird) U(rn) R(ound) R(ound) = BURR?]. On pastedown endpaper the bookplate of the American banker and art collector James A. Garland Junior.
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HC.GM.25845
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Item-ID: i15806832
BIB-ID: 1019403
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Watercolor album of Middle Eastern costumes

Court and courtiers--Clothing, History--Social life and customes

Collection of watercolours depicting various ethnographic 'types' against stylised backgrounds.
Signora Turca -- Acquajuolo di Citta -- Capo...
Show moreCollection of watercolours depicting various ethnographic 'types' against stylised backgrounds.
Signora Turca -- Acquajuolo di Citta -- Capo conduttore delle caravane -- Guerriero del Sudan -- Beduine -- Santone mangia serpente -- Donne dell'atto Egitto -- Levantina -- Boab, Guarda portone -- Abitante della 3a Caterata -- Donna della Nubia -- Ragazza Araba -- Donna dell'alto Egitto -- Signora Levantina -- Guardia di Polizia -- Asino di affitare -- Ragazza Nubiana.
Title and date devised by Library staff. Watercolours have pencilled captions in Italian, housed in contemporary embossed green sheep binding, part-bevelled edges.
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HC.GM.2020.0024
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Item-ID: i26127908
BIB-ID: 2746004
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Seated studio portrait of a Georgian woman in traditional costumes

Women, People

Title and date devised by Library staff.
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HC.HP.2016.0033-0007
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Item-ID: i26314526
BIB-ID: 2810989
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HC.HP.2016.0033-0007
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Item-ID: i26314526
BIB-ID: 2810989
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Studio portrait of a Georgian family in traditional costumes

Family, People

Title and date devised by Library staff.
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HC.HP.2016.0040-0007
2-D Graphic
Item-ID: i26316997
BIB-ID: 2811182
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HC.HP.2016.0040-0007
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Item-ID: i26316997
BIB-ID: 2811182
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Studio portrait of a Georgian family in traditional costumes

Family, People

Title and date devised by Library staff.
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HC.HP.2016.0033-0008
2-D Graphic
Item-ID: i26314678
BIB-ID: 2810999
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HC.HP.2016.0033-0008
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Item-ID: i26314678
BIB-ID: 2810999
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Les anciens costumes de l'Empire ottoman: depuis l'origine de la monarchie jusqu'a la reforme du sultan Mahmoud

Costume, Costume--Turkey, Costume (Turkish), Costume, GT1266 .A75 1864

recueillis par le muchir Arif Pacha.
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GT1266 .A75 1864
Book
Item-ID: i23177470
BIB-ID: 2452382
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GT1266 .A75 1864
Book
Item-ID: i23177470
BIB-ID: 2452382
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