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|a CWML MSS 500 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a Album of 'Company' paintings of occupations and festivals, Southern India (CWML MSS 500) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Tamil Nadu, India : |b [s.n.], |c c. 1830s-1840s. |
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|a 1 vol (46 colour plates) |
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|a All applicable rights reserved by the Council for World Mission. For permission to publish please contact SOAS Archives and Special Collections at docenquiry@soas.ac.uk |
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|a Both the style of production and the subject-matter of ‘Company’ albums were adapted to European taste and included representations of flora and fauna, local communities, monuments, festivals, deities and craft industries. Over half this set have figures thought familiar to European travellers and residents in southern India: a bird-seller, ironsmith, stonecutter, coppersmith, basket-maker or religious mendicant. These are joined by livelier scenes of marriage and funeral ceremonies, and a series of Hindu, Muslim and Catholic festivals and processions. Two scenes with known buildings in Pondicherry suggest that the original owner was French (Text by Crispin Branfoot, from the exhibition catalogue: Objects of instruction : treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Anna Contadini, Editor. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007.) |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c SOAS, University of London, |d 2017. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a SOAS, University of London. |
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|a Formerly owned by Rev. William Thompson (1811-1889). On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.. |4 dnr |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a India Country Collection. |
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|a Council for World Mission Manuscripts. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c Missionary Archives |
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|u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/AA00000480/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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|a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/AA/00/00/04/80/00001/00007thm.jpg |
