7 UMMA Objects
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Photograph Album
19th century
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
1994/2.19

Balinese
Scene from the Ramayana (?)
1900 – 1949
Gift of Willard A. and Marybelle Bouchard Hanna
1991/2.31
This is an uncut sheet of cartes-de-visites. Eight frames with varying poses and props show the Prince and Princess of Schönburg-Waldenburg with their young son.
André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French (culture or style))
Prince and Princess of Schönburg-Waldenburg
1861
Gift of Harry H. Lunn, Jr.
1997/2.4
Image of a man on horseback with two men flanking him
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
Portrait of Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah (r. 1827-66) on horseback, with two attendants
1835 – 1845
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink in honor of Mrs. James Marshall Plumer on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday
1992/1.118
The painting depicts a scene at night with a panel of text at the top. A central female figure sits on a rectangular carpet gazing upwardly at a male face. Three female attendants are standing beside her. A moon shines in the background. 
Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Nayika who casts away her jewels
1767 – 1799
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1980/2.245
A group of figures in classical drapery are arranged between two columns and underneath a piece of draped swag ornamented with garland. A coat of arms emanating light is visible behind the swag. At the bottom left, a skeleton almost completely covered in drapery pulls down a larger piece of swag that had been concealing the figural group. All of the figures are women, except for one figure (a winged man with hands bound behind his back). They carry various attributes, such as scales, lillies, a lamp, and so on.<br />
Below the image are several <strong>Inscriptions:</strong> <br />
At lower left: C.N. Cochin filius inv. et delin.<br />
At lower right: Demarteau l'Ainé sculp<br />
At bottom center: Nempè quod injecit secreta modestia, velum / Scinditur, et vitae gloria morte patet Aufon. / LA MORT A RÉVÉLÉ LE SECRET DE SA VIE.
Death has Revealed the Secret of His Life
18th century
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2014/2.204
A female figure sits on an elephant, both of them facing left. The female's head has a halo surrounding it. The background is dominated by a green hill and cloudy evening sky.
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Page from an Indian zodiac manuscript: Princess Mounted on an Elephant
1835 – 1845
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
1985/2.136
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