File RAS ANN175/1/15 - Persian Paintings in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society

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Reference code

GB 891 RAS ANN175-RAS ANN175/1-RAS ANN175/1/15

Title

Persian Paintings in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society

Date(s)

  • 1998 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

3 items typed

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Name of creator

(1823-present)

Administrative history

The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation ofread more

Name of creator

(20/06/1912 – 29/12/2005)

Biographical history

Robinson was born in London, and attended Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He joined the staff of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1939 and was shortly afterwards transferred to the Department of Metalwork where, apart from warread more

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Scope and content

Publicity material for Persian Paintings in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society by B.W. Robinson. These are:

  • "Press Release: Persian Paintings in the Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society" giving details of the book by B.W. Robinson and
  • read more

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Language of material

  • English

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