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5361. Photo 1256

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1256
Title:
Brand Collection: Photographs relating to the career of Arthur Reginald Brand. Photographer: Arthur Reginald Brand and others
Scope & Content:
Collection in 11 parts (Photo 1256/1-11) of photograph albums, loose prints and papers, principally relating to the life and career of Arthur Reginald Brand, but also containing material relating to his father George Ellard Brand and other family members. Biographical note: Arthur Reginald Bra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s-1950s
Extent:
Unspecified

5362. Photo 1258

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1258
Title:
Stanley Sperring: Photographs of Calcutta. Photographer: Stanley Sperring
Scope & Content:
Black half leather album measuring 365 x 463 mm, containing 53 prints, with typescript caption labels pasted beneath. Fifty of the photographs are modern reprints from negatives of Calcutta scenes taken by Stanley Sperring (1915-2012) between 1946 and 1953, when he was art director in Calcutta o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1946-1953
Extent:
53 items

5363. Photo 1260

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1260
Title:
Carte de visite portrait of Che-Mah the Chinese Dwarf. Photographer(s): Eisenmann, Charles
Scope & Content:
Carte de visite portrait of Che-Mah, the Chinese Dwarf, accompanied by an incomplete biographical notice from an unidentified publication. Che-Mah (1838-1926) was brought to the United States to work for the Barnum and Bailey circus in 1881.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5364. Photo 1263

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1263
Title:
'The pigeon's letter. 'L'International' containing the news of the French victory at Orleans.' Photographer(s): London Stereoscopic Company
Scope & Content:
Miniature print mounted as a carte de visite, with descriptive letterpress on mount. The photograph is a reduced image of the front page of L'International, sent by pigeon during the Franco-Prussian War. Image much faded. The overmount, on which is printed descriptive letterpress describing the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

5365. Photo 1265

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1265
Title:
Collection of threatical portraits relating to Frederic Baugh.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 41 loose prints in various sizes and formats (mainly carte de visite and cabinet cards), principally portraits of theatrical and vaudeville entertainers, apparently connected with the associates and family of Frederic Baugh, general manager of the Macnaghten Vaudeville Circuit.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1900s
Extent:

41 items

5366. Photo 1266

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1266
Title:
Bill Wright Collection: The Texas Kickapoo. Photographer(s): Wright, Bill
Scope & Content:
Collection of 15 loose gelatin silver prints, recording Kickapoo Indian life in Texas, Mexico and Wyoming, with photographer's credit label on the reverse supplying title, negative number, date of printing and photographer contact details. Published versions of these prints, with additional back...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1990s
Extent:
15 items

5367. Photo 1268

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1268
Title:
Kenneth Hollingbury Collection: Military groups in India and Burma. Photographer(s): Mehta Studio
Scope & Content:
Three loose prints, mounted on card with letterpress titles and key to sitters on mount. The groups comprise: (1) Weapon Training Course, Ferozepore 1942; (2) Officers' Mess, 2nd Indian Armoured Brigade, Ahmednagar 1946; (3) No. 1 Company Commanders' Course, Burma Army Central Schools, Kalaw 1948.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942-1948
Extent:
3 items

5368. Photo 1270

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1270
Title:
Copy prints of photographs by Robert and Harriet Tytler in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada. Photographer(s): Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Collection of 97 loose prints, copied from original negatives and prints by Robert and Harriet Tytler, held in the collections of the the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; with catalogue listing of the material and correspondence relating to the collection. The series includes views by the Tyt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857-1858
Extent:
Unspecified

5369. Photo 1271

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1271
Title:
Slater Collection: Photograph albums of George Sidney Slater, mainly relating to the Middle East during World War I.
Scope & Content:
Collection of six large photograph albums and 1 loose print (Photo 1271/1-7). The first four albums in the collection (Photo 1271/1-4) record Slater's military service as an RAF photographer in Egypt and Palestine from 1917-19.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1911-1920
Extent:
Unspecified

5370. Photo 1275

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1275
Title:
Desmond Parsons Collection: Photographs of the Dunhuang Caves. Photographer(s): Desmond Parsons
Scope & Content:
Collection of 115 loose gelatin silver prints, uncaptioned, tipped down onto light buff card. The photographs show wall painting details in the Dunhuang Magao Caves, taken during Parsons' visit in 1935.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
115 items

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