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1. Photo 1085

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085
Title:
Monk Collection: Railway construction and general views in India and Burma.
Scope & Content:
Collection of albums and loose prints in ten parts (Photo 1085/1-10), documenting the career of Hugh Lewin Monk in Burma, principally in Burma, but with some views relating to Assam and other parts of India. Hugh Lewin Monk (b. 1844) was trained at the Thomason Civil Engineering College at Roor...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1914
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 1085/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/1
Title:
Monk Collection: Album of Photographic Views of Landscape, Architecture and Railway Construction in India. Photographer(s): Philip Adolphe Klier, William Henry Baker, J. A. D. Lloyd and others unknown
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather album (binding in poor condition), with boards detached, spine piece missing and some pages loose), measuring 410 mm x 330 mm, containing 93 prints, the majority captioned either in the negative or on the album page. The contents of the album can be broken down as follows: Pr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1895
Extent:
93 items

3. Photo 1085/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/1(1)
Title:
Manager's Officer, Rangoon, 1895 or 96. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Burma Railways office staff, showing European and Burmese officials, servants, runners, etc. The only two identified sitters are Hugh Monk Lewin and A. Benjamin Court. [Albumen print, with photographer's blind-stamp, 276x218mm]. Subjects = Monk Co...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895-1896
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1085/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/1(2)
Title:
[European group, probably railways staff and wives, Burma or India.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of unidentified Europeans, posed on a verandah or inside a house. Poor quality print. [Albume print, 238x176mm]. Subjects = Monk Collection; railway staff; railways; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1085/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/1(3)
Title:
The Taj Entrance ('Bubble Gate'), Oct 1883. Photographer: Rust, Thomas A.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the entrance gateway to the Taj Mahal. The date in the captioned probably refers to a visit to the Taj or the acquiring of the photograph, rather than its taking. [Albumen print, signed 'Rust' in the negative, 283x241mm]. Subjects = gateways; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1085/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/1(4)
Title:
The Taj. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the top of the main entrance gateway, looking along the garden towards the Taj. [Albumen print, 276x208mm]. Subjects = gardens; gateways; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); Monk Collection; Mughal gardens; tombs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1085/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/1(5)
Title:
Entrance. Akhbar's Tomb, Secundra. Photographer: Rust, Thomas A.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the raised terrace towards the entrance. [Albumen print, signed 'Rust 17' in the negative, 274x219mm]. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); Monk Collection; tombs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1085/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/1(6)
Title:
Akhbar's Tomb, Secundra. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the top of the entrance gateway, looking across the garden towards the tomb. [Albumen print, 282x200mm]. Subjects = gardens; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); Monk Collection; tombs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1085/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/1(7)
Title:
Akhbar's Tomb, Secundra. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view along the facade of the tomb. [Albumen print, 278x218mm]. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); Monk Collection; tombs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1085/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/1(8)
Title:
Moti Masjid, Agra Fort. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the south-east, looking across buyildings of the fort towards the perimeter wall and domes of the Moti Masjid or Pearl Mosque. [Albumen print, 280x215mm]. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); Monk Collection; mosques
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item