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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur D661 Subject Lady Canning's Grave (Barrackpore)

1. Mss Eur D661(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D661(82)
Title:
Lady Canning's grave, Barrackpore, 1861. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the grave before the Gilbert Scott design was added. As seen here it is a plain whitewashed brick rectangular platform. A number of wreaths have been placed on the grave. There are two notes in Lady Bayley's hand: 'The grave remained in this stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur D661(83a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D661(83a)
Title:
Lady Canning's grave, with the river and Serampore in the distance, Decr. 1861. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the Hugli, with the houses on the Serampore on the far bank. Part of Lady Canning's grave is in the left foreground. [Albumen print, 281x220mm]. Subjects = graves; river scenes Location = Barakpur; Barrackpore; Hugli (river); India; West Be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

3. Mss Eur D661(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D661(85)
Title:
Monument over Lady Canning's grave, erected 1865. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the grave soon after the monument by Gilbert Scott had been put in place. The plot is enclosed by a low parapet with wrought-iron railings with a design of the intertwined letters 'C.C.' The River Hugli can be seen in the right background. Note i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

4. Mss Eur D661(86)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D661(86)
Title:
White marble monument over Lady Canning's Grave [Barrackpore]. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the tomb designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, with the River Hugli in the background. Note in Lady Bayley's hand on facing page reads: 'This beautiful tombstone was executed by Sir Gilbert Scott from a design drawn by Lady Waterford. It was of white marb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur D661(87)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D661(87)
Title:
Shed erected to preserve the marble tomb during the rainy season [Lady Canning's Grave, Barrackpore]. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the enclosure, with an open-sided thatched roof standing over the Gilbert Scott memorial. Writing to the London 'Times' in early 1869, the pseudonymous 'Pilgrim' had brought public attention to the dilapidated state of the memorial, 'already much...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur D661(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D661(88)
Title:
Variegated marble tomb designed by Lady Waterford for Lady Canning's grave, now removed to the interior of the Cathedral at Calcutta. But the grave still remains here [at Barrackpore. Caption note by Lady Bayley]. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of Sir Gilbert Scott's memorial before its removal to St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta. A note in Lady Bayley's hand beside the print, reads: 'This tomb suffered so severely from the climate, the inlaid work dropping out, that it was replaced by one of p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

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