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1. Photo 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32
Title:
Views of buildings and sites connected with the Indian Uprising of 1857–58. Photographers: Robert and Harriet Tytler; Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose prints in modern window mounts, with original handwritten captions mounted on reverse of prints. Fourteen of the sixteen views in this collection are prints of Lucknow, Kanpur, Delhi, Meerut, Agra and Dehra Dun, made from large-format paper negatives by the husband and wife t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858-c 62
Extent:
16 items

2. Photo 32(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(1)
Title:
[The Husainabad Imambara, Lucknow.] Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the garden towards the Husainabad Imambara or Palace of Lights, erected by Muhammad Ali Shah in 1837.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 32(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(2)
Title:
[Ruins of the Residency, Lucknow.] Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; residencies
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 32(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(3)
Title:
No.3. Skinner's Church, Delhi. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of St James's Church, known as Skinner's Church after Col James Skinner, who commissioned the building. Designed by Maj Robert Smith, it was built between 1826–36, with a cruciform plan, three porticoed porches and a central octagonal dome. Duplicat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 32(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(4)
Title:
No. 6. Mosque on ridge of Delhi, held by the mutineers, our batteries were in the foreground appear now to be levelled. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the mosque, showing evidence of bombardment. Part of the caption may be missing, and last section should perhaps give the sense of '...in the foreground where the ground appears now to be levelled'. Duplicate of Photo 193 (6). Subjects = Indian...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 32(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(5)
Title:
No. 7. Ruins near the Kootub. The pillar is supposed by the natives to go through the centre of the earth, there resting on the head of a tortoise round which the earth spins. Kootub a monument near Delhi. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Qutb Minar and surrounding tombs, the area much overgrown. Duplicate of Photo 193 (16). Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); towers of victory Location = Delhi; Delhi (Qutb); India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 32(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(6)
Title:
No. 10. Near view of the Taj [Mahal] from the river Jumna, Agra. Taj means sepulchre on an extensive scale: the Emperors of Delhi lie here. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Taj Mahal from the riverbank just to the north-east. Both Dr John Murray (see Photo 35 (1)) and Felice Beato (see Photo 25 (21), who gave the Tytler's tuition in photography, took views of the Taj from an almost identical viewpoint. The infor...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 32(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(7)
Title:
No. 8. Ruins near Delhi. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Iron Pillar in the courtyard of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque at the Qutb, framed by the arch of the Alai Darwaza. Subjects = architectural elements; gateways; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); lats; mosques Location = Delhi; Delhi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 32(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(8)
Title:
No. 11. Taj of Agra from the land side. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); tombs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 32(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(9)
Title:
No. 12. Temple of Gaaraa Nanule [sic for Guru Ram Rai], Dhera [Dun]. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption note continues: 'Those who worship in this temple profess a religion between the Mohammedan and Hindoo and composed of Sikhs. Except one of their own sect no person ever had access within the temple until the mutiny. Gaaraa Nanule was the founder of the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item