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23541. Photo 430/75(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/75(19)
Title:
'Irene.' Photographer: unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Informal photograph of children on board the Arabia en route to Bombay. Mary Irene Curzon, the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Curzon, is at centre in a white bonnet and dress, looking towards the camera. With her a further three children stand, sit and lie nearby. A woma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1898
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

23542. Photo 430/78

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/78
Title:
Curzon Collection: 'Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1903. Of His Majesty King Edward VII. Viceroy. Baron Curzon of Kedleston, P.C., G.M.S.I., G.M.I.E.' (Crookshank)
Scope & Content:
Imprint: The Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1903 (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1903) Genre/Subject Matter: The volume is a specially published edition, under the imprint of Bourne and Shepherd and printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London. The title page and four page introduction are followe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 red full-leather, published album (207 pages) containing 133 photographic lightly tipped onto album pages with letterpress captions preceding.

23543. Photo 430/78(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/78(3)
Title:
'His Excellency The Right Honourable George Nathaniel Baron Curzon, P. C., G. M. S. I., G. M. I. E. Viceroy and Governor-General of India.' Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Full-length standing studio portrait of Lord Curzon, wearing viceregal robes. Curzon stands on a richly patterned carpet before a painted studio backdrop depicting an arch and various floral, textile and architectural motifs. He holds a bicorn (cocked hat) in his left ha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

23544. Photo 430/78(120)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/78(120)
Title:
'Saiyid Timur Bin Fasl, son of His Highness the Sultan of Muskat.' Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Full-length standing studio portrait of two men, with Sa'id Taimur Bin Faisal (1886–1965; r. 1913–1932) on the right. At the time this portrait was taken he was son of the ruling monarch Sayyid Faisal bin Turki (1864–1913; r. 1888–1913), who is mentioned in the title of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

23545. Photo 430/84

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/84
Title:
Curzon Collection: Views of Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier. Photographer(s): Bird, Robert
Scope & Content:
Collection of 119 loose prints, captioned in pencil on the reverse, relating to Afghanistan. The material can be broken down into three distinct series as follows: Prints 1-7 Views of Kabul taken c. 1880 by an unidentified photographer. Prints 8-52 Series of small platinum prints originally co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1904
Extent:
129 items

23546. Photo 496/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6
Title:
Album of tour of the Persian Gulf. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains landscape, maritime and architectural snapshot views of a tour in the Persian Gulf, including locations such as Mathra, Muscat, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Linga [Lengeh], Bahrein [Bahrain], Bushire [Bushehr], Koweit [Kuwait], Mohammerah [Khorammshahr],...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-18
Extent:
48 b&w silver gelatin prints bound into a brown, cloth-covered photograph album

23547. Photo 496/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/7
Title:
Album of views in India and the Persian Gulf. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains historical landscape, maritime and architectural snapshot views and portraits in British India, including at Bhopal, Karachi, Simla and in the Persian Gulf. Elements: 1 ‘Bhopal: Regatta’ 2 ‘Bhopal: The Yacht Club’ 3 ‘Bhopal: “Sultana”’ 4 ‘Bhopal: “...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-19
Extent:
48 b&w silver gelatin prints bound into a brown, cloth-covered photograph album

23548. Photo 496/7(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/7(31)
Title:
The Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch map of the Persian Gulf region produced to illustrate the album of the photographs taken by Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox showing places visited during the tour of 1916-1918. Inscriptions: Upper centre, above image, in black ink: ‘The Persian Gulf’ and ‘1916...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-18
Extent:
1 map

23549. Photo 496/7(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/7(32)
Title:
'Mohammerah'. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This maritime scene shows boats at the port city of Mohammerah (Khorramshahr) at the mouth of the Karun River on the Shatt-el-Arab delta. At the centre of the image two masts indicate that a dhow is moored, however, at least five smaller crafts are visible from the centr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

23550. Photo 496/7(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/7(33)
Title:
'Mohammerah'. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This scene shows a creek at Mohammerah (Khorramshahr), which is located at the mouth of the Karun River on the Shatt-el-Arab delta. Two-storeyed buildings and trees line the creek on the left. The buildings at centre of the image have arcades on the lower floor and rawas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

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