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GB 891 HME-HME/7 · Series · [1827-1853]
Part of Papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot

Within this series there are rubbings probably from inscriptions on copper plates, diagrams of agricultural tools and a hand-drawn map of Baiswara.

GB 891 SC4-SC4/2 · File · 1901 - 1908
Part of Grammaire Tagalog

Vocabulaire tagalog-francais-anglais by Aristide Marre and Isabelle Pinches. A handwritten manuscripts of Tagalog, French and English vocabulary. It appears that the Tagalog-French entries were probably provided by Marre and the English translations by Isabelle Pinches. This is written on the reverse of pages cut from French Gas bills, dating from 1900 to 1906.

Marre Aristide 1823-1918
GB 891 BHH-BHH/6-BHH/6/1-BHH/6/1/3 · Item · 9th Oct 1857
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

Vocabulary of the Broken Tribes of Himalaya. "Printed in Jour. Asi. Soc. Bengal, Vocabulary of Broken tribes of Himalaya to As. Soc of Bengal Oct 9 1857 with memoir on Váyus". Vocabulary sheets comparing English, Kusundá, Pákhyá, Thakśya and Tháru. handwritten, 6 large sheets, dated 9 October 1857.

Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 Orientalist
W. H. Moreland Legacy
GB 891 RAS FIN-RAS FIN/8-RAS FIN/8/4 · File · 1922-1958
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Finance

Correspondence concerned with the Legacy of W.H. Moreland on his death in 1938 in which the Society were bequeathed some of his possessions, the income from his publications and one quarter of his estate upon the death of other named members of his family. The correspondence concerning this dates from 1938-1940.
There is further correspondence from 1956-1958 after the death of his family members and also earlier correspondence concerning publication of his books, dated 1922-1923.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
GB 891 ACG-ACG/14-ACG/14/2 · File · 1964
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

"W.A.C.H. Dobson, Late Han Chinese: a Study of the Archaic-Han Shift, University of Toronto Press, 1964." Two typed drafts of a review of this book, one with extensive handwritten annotations and the other with further handwritten notes, 19 pieces.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991
Waking at Night
GB 891 ACG-ACG/16-ACG/16/1-ACG/16/1/10 · File · 1951
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

Waking at Night - short story by Angus Graham, three drafts: two of 7 pages, 1 of 8 pages.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991
GB 891 WST-WST/1-WST/1/3-WST/1/3/44 · Item · (1859)
Part of Papers of Arthur Anderson, Clement, Edward William, Henry, and Walter West

An unfinished polychrome scaled copy of the wall painting in what is presumed to be Cave No. 51. The image depicts a large central enthroned figure of the Buddha surrounded by attending figures. To the right appears to be another figure seated on a double lotus. Further figures are alluded to.

West Arthur Anderson Engineer
GB 891 WST-WST/1-WST/1/3-WST/1/3/43 · Item · (1859)
Part of Papers of Arthur Anderson, Clement, Edward William, Henry, and Walter West

Two polychrome scaled copies of paintings from Cave No. 16 and No. 21. The copy of the painting from Cave No. 16, which depicts a group of robed figures on the ceiling of the cave, is unfinished. The copy from Cave No. 21 depicts the remains of a grid of seated figures on the back wall of the cave, as well as some surrounding architectural detail. The scale of this drawing is one inch to a foot.