IDENTIFIERS
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id:	197259
accession number:	T.2-1907

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 22 August 2013
updated:	Friday 20 October 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: silk embroidered in gold and silver threads and beads
title:	banner

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Taken from the palace in Delhi of the Moghul Emperor Bahadur Shah II (1775-1862) after the siege of 1857.
The banner came into the possession of the Prize Agent, Colonel Tytler, whose widow presented it to Colonel Graham Birch, one of General Havelock's staff.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by J. R. McClean, MA, of Trinity College

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/197259





TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: textiles

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1899
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown