Curzon Collection: Album of South Indian views. Photographer(s): D'Cruz, Zachariah
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Red full-leather bound album measuring 373x293mm, with stamped decoration in gold leaf on covers and spine bands. Prints are mounted one to a page with handwritten captions beneath. The volume is signed by the photographer, 'Zachariah D'Cruz, Govt. Photographer & Mechanic, Trivandrum.' The a...
H.H. the Maha Raja's Palace [Trivandrum]. Photographer: D'Cruz, Zachariah
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of main range from driveway. This photograph is reproduced in V. Nagam Aiya's 'The Travancore State Manual' (3 vols, Trivandrum, 1906). Subjects = Anglo-Indian architecture; Curzon Collection; palaces
Genre: Historical Events State troops on parade during ceremony. Subjects = Curzon Collection; durbars; Indian Army; military (general); official events; state troops
Normal School [Trivandrum]. Photographer: D'Cruz, Zachariah
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the school, a two storey school, with pitched roof and projecting dormers of carved wood in local style. Subjects = Anglo-Indian architecture; Curzon Collection; education; schools
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the two-storey building from the garden, with porte-cochère in the freground. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Curzon Collection; European architecture in India; residencies