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Maj Edward Moor FRS

Also known as: Maj Edward Moor FRS; primary name: Moor, Edward
Details: individual; military/naval; British; Male
Life dates: 1771-1848
Biography: Author of the Hindu Pantheon (1810), the first book in a European language dealing with Hindu iconography. Moor's researches and many of the illustrations in his book were based upon the large collection of small devotional bronzes and Rajput paintings of deities that came to the BM from Mrs A G Moor in 1940 (for which see Basil Gray, BMQ XIV 1938/9, pp.102-3). Moor was a member of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta and of the Literary Society of Bombay. He retired to a house called The Rosary at Great Bealings near Woodbridge in Suffolk where there are (2004) fragments of Indian sculpture embedded in a decorative pyramid in the garden and manuscript albums belonging to Moor in the library. Letters in the British Library (Add. 56230 f. 71; Add. 63091 ff. 141-193v) and the Archives of the Société Eduenne at the Musée Rolin, Autun (with letters to Vivant Denon, 1747-1825).
Bibliography: 1. The Hindu Pantheon. J. Johnson, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1810. 2. Suffolk Words and Phrases, 1823. 3. Oriental Fragments. Smith, Elder and Co, Cornhill, London, 1834.

634 related objects

base

Museum number: 1940,0716.140.b |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

base

Museum number: 1940,0716.350 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

base; throne; model

Museum number: 1940,0716.347.a |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

base

Title: F C |
Museum number: 1940,0716.258.a |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

base

Museum number: 1940,0716.261.a |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

base; figure

Museum number: 1940,0716.256.b |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

base

Museum number: 1940,0716.257.b |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

base

Museum number: 1940,0716.259.a |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

base

Museum number: 1940,0716.348.a |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

bell

Museum number: 1940,0716.322 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

cart; model

Museum number: 1940,0716.345.b |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

counterproof

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.252.105 |
Producer name: Made by:J DudleyMade by:Ruddon

cup

Museum number: 1940,0716.119 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

dipa-lakshmi; lamp

Museum number: 1940,0716.127 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

dipa-lakshmi

Museum number: 1940,0716.131 |
Production date: 17thC-18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

dipa-lakshmi; lamp

Museum number: 1940,0716.128 |
Production date: 18thC |
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dipa-lakshmi; lamp

Museum number: 1940,0716.336 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

dipa-lakshmi; lamp

Museum number: 1940,0716.132.a |
Production date: 17thC-18thC |
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dipa-lakshmi; lamp

Museum number: 1940,0716.332 |
Production date: 18thC |
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dish

Museum number: 1940,0716.116 |
Production date: 18thC |
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dish

Museum number: 1940,0716.118 |
Production date: 18thC |
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dish

Museum number: 1940,0716.117 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

dish

Museum number: 1940,0716.115 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.241 |
Production date: 1800 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.249 |
Production date: 1800

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.244 |
Production date: 1776-1805 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.243 |
Production date: 1801-1805 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.242 |
Production date: 1800 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.251.1-104 |
Producer name: BIOG10727 Made by:Moses Houghton |
Production date: 1805-1810

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.239 |
Production date: 1800-1805 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Pune

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.247 |
Production date: 1800-1805

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0713,0.245 |
Production date: 1801-1805 |
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Museum number: 1940,0713,0.246 |
Production date: 1800 |
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Museum number: 1940,0713,0.250 |
Production date: 1800

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Museum number: 1940,0713,0.240 |
Production date: 1801-1805 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

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Museum number: 1940,0716.346 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

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Museum number: 1940,0716.221 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.2 |
Production date: 17thC-18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.183 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.237 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.281 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.169 |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.292 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.31 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.225 |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.138 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.84 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.275 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.235 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.204 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.12 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.90 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Title: F C |
Museum number: 1940,0716.256.a |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.85 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.20 |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.234 |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.166 |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.172 |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.102 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.269 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.73 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.245.a |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.58 |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.39.a |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.242 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.268 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.233 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.345.a |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.296 |
Production date: 17thC-18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

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Museum number: 1940,0716.1.b |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.33 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.212 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.52 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.171 |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.159 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.282 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.54 |
Production date: 18thC |
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figure; backplate

Museum number: 1940,0716.348.c |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

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Museum number: 1940,0716.22 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.321 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.188 |
Production date: 18thC |
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figure; backplate

Museum number: 1940,0716.258.b |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.254 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.271 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.257.a |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.83 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.3 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.220 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.37 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.187 |
Production date: 18thC |
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Museum number: 1940,0716.134 |
Production date: 18thC |
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figure; backplate

Museum number: 1940,0716.295.b |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

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Museum number: 1940,0716.280 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Gayal-Gah

figure; backplate

Museum number: 1940,0716.260 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

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Museum number: 1940,0716.248 |
Production date: 17thC-18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra