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4901. Photo 776

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 776
Title:
Photographs of Church Missionary Society work at Kerman, Southern Iran. Photographer: H. E. J. Biggs
Scope & Content:
Collection of 59 original ¼-plate glass negatives and five lantern slides, contained in envelopes, some of which have captions and dates written on the outside. The collection shows scenes at the C.M..S. hospital and school at Kerman in southern Iran, as well as social and family scenes. Documen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905-1906
Extent:
64 items

4902. Photo 777

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 777
Title:
Postcard: The Memorial Well, Kanpur.
Scope & Content:
One postcard view of the Memorial Well at Kanpur. Process = Collotype Photographers = Unknown., ;
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910s
Extent:
1 item

4903. Photo 778

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 778
Title:
Gaiety Theatre, Simla.
Scope & Content:
Snapshot view of the Gaiety Theatre in Simla. Process = Modern colour print
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr1984
Extent:
1 item

4904. Photo 779

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 779
Title:
Edith Winifred Ashton Collection: Miscellaneous views and portraits Nepal and India. Photographer(s): Herzog and Higgins, Edith Ashton and others unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose prints and negatives, formerly belonging to Miss Edith Winifred Ashton, who was Governess(?) to the children of the Resident in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1904-06. Photographs, presumably taken by her, include portraits of the Resident, Colonel Manners-Smith and family, household staf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
13 items

4905. Photo 780

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 780
Title:
Carte-de-visite album.
Scope & Content:
Green full-leather album, 155x123mm, fastened with brass clasps and containing carte-de-visite portraits inserted into window mounts. The names of sitters are pencilled below each print. The original owner of the album is unknown but several of the individuals pictured in the album have connect...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s-1860s
Extent:
51 items

4906. Photo 781

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 781
Title:
The Great Bull at Tanjore.
Scope & Content:
Loose print, heavily retouched by the photographer. View of the Nandi at Tanjore. Negatives to be found at L3-9-075-65-I Process = Collotype Photographers = Nicholas & Co, Madras.;
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

4907. Photo 782

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 782
Title:
Major Henry Pelham Close Collection: Album of views and portraits in India and Europe.
Scope & Content:
Green full-leather album, 423x335mm, decorated with gold floral borders on the front and back covers. An inscription on the front free endpaper reads: 'A.C.C. from H.P.C., Abbottabad, 1865'. Prints are mounted with handwritten captions below. Photographs include topographical and architectural v...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870s
Extent:
99 items

4908. Photo 783

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 783
Title:
Illustrations from Sir John Marshall's 'The Buddhist Art of Gandhara.' Photographer(s): Various
Scope & Content:
Loose prints, with captions and cropping instructions on the reverse. The prints are the originals used for reproduction in Marshall's The Buddhist Art of Gandhara (Cambridge: 1960) and captions have been taken from that book. The illustrations come from a variety of sources (mainly museums in E...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s-1950s
Extent:
157 items

4909. Photo 784

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784
Title:
Sir William Foster Collection: Photographs, negatives and lantern slides relating to India, portraits of Indian notables, the history of the East India Company and East India House
Scope & Content:
Collection divided into seven parts, as follows: Photo 784/1 Photo 784/2 Photo 784/3 Glass negatives of interiors of the India Office Photo 784/4 Miscellaneous glass negatives: photographic copies of portraits Photo 784/5 Lantern slides relating to the Photo 784/6 Lantern slides Photo 78...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860-1940
Extent:
500 photographic prints, glass negatives and lantern slides

4910. Photo 785

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 785
Title:
Miscellaneous railway views in India and South Africa.
Scope & Content:
Loose prints comprising early views of railway development in India and later views of Johannesburg Station. Views in India include lines, bridges, locomotives and stations at Bombay, Ahmadabad, Bassein, Almori, Baroda, Bhor Ghat, Trichinopoly and Negapatam. There is also an early view of a stat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857-1900s
Extent:
29 items

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