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5391. Photo 1310

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Photo 1310
Title:
Whitby Goth Weekend. Photographer: Martin Parr
Scope & Content:
Four loose colour prints relating to the Whitby Goth Weekend 2014, photographed by Martin Parr on commission by the British Library. A selection of Parr's photographs of this gathering was shown in the British Library Gothic exhibition, 2014
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2014
Extent:
4 colour pigment prints

5392. Photo 1311

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Photo 1311
Title:
The Khyber Railway [with photographs by Randolph Bezzant Holmes]
Scope & Content:
Printed book, with original photographs by Randolph Bezzant Holmes pasted in, with accompanying letterpress descriptions. The work contains views on the line of the Khyber Railway. This photographic commission is probably the one referred to in three letters in the Holmes Papers, Mss Eur F265/1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
Soft-covered printed book measuring 260mm x 330mm, with 13 pasted-in prints (plus one loose unrelated print)

5393. Photo 1312

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Photo 1312
Title:
Portrait of André Breton. Photographer: Henri Manuel
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait, looking slightly off to the left, of the surrealist André Breton (1896-1966). One of the photographs used to illustrate Man Ray and Breton's Nadja (1928). With copyright wetstamp of Louis Silvestré (studio of Henri Manuel) on the reverse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

5394. Photo 1313

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1313
Title:
Photographs of wartime bomb damage in London. Photographer(s): Topical Press Agency, Central Press Photos Ltd, The Daily Mail and others
Scope & Content:
Collection of six loose black-and-white prints, most with typescript labels pasted to the backs, showing bomb damage during the London blitz. Subjects include: 1. A wrecked house in south-west London, with a woman hanging out washing in the garden in the foreground. 2. A London hall destroyed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-1951
Extent:
6 items

5395. Photo 1314

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1314
Title:
Harfield Collection: 35mm colour slides and prints relating to cemeteries in South-East Asia. Photographer: Alan Harfield
Scope & Content:
A large collection of 35mm colour slides and b/w prints relating to cemeteries in South-East Asia, divided up as follows: Photo 1314/1. 35 mm slides of graves in Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore. Photo 1314/2. 96 35 mm slides of graves in Penang Cemetery. Photo 1314/3. 76 35 mm slides of grav...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960s-1980s
Extent:
Unspecified

5396. Photo 1315

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1315
Title:
Views of Calcutta. Photographer(s): Samuel Bourne and Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Collection of 27 loose prints, probably made in the 1970s/1980s, from Samuel Bourne and Bourne and Shepherd negatives taken between the 1860s and 1900s. Scenes include Government House, Bengal Secretariat (formerly Writers' Buildings), St Paul's Cathedral, the High Court, the site of the 'Black H...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s-1880s
Extent:
27 items

5397. Photo 1317

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1317
Title:
Lantern slides and glass negatives of India. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 50 lantern slides (Photo 1317/1) and 97 glass negatives (Photo 1317/2) of Indian subjects.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:

147 items

5398. Photo 1318

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1318
Title:
Press Agency photographs of English life. Photographers: Topical Press Agency, Planet News, Photopress, Imperial Press Agency, Alfieri Picture Service, Sport and General, Graphic Photo Union, Central Press, Allied Newspapers, Central News, City Press, The Times, London News Agency, Morath's Pictorial Agency, Keystone View Company, Watson's Pictorial Press, Pacific and Atlantic Photos Ltd, and others
Scope & Content:
Collection of 85 loose black-and-white prints, issued by various picture and press agencies in the 1920s. The photographs comprise a varied selection of English scenes, mostly photographed in the mid-1920s, including street scenes in London and elsewhere, children's activities, sports, occupatio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900s-1920s
Extent:
85 items

5399. Photo 1320

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1320
Title:
Sir Clarmont Skrine Collection: Photograph albums relating to the early life and career of Sir Clarmont Skrine
Scope & Content:
Collection of seven photograph albums relating to the personal life and career of Sir Clarmont Skrine between 1908 and 1919. The majority of the photographs are presumably his own work and the collection contains the following material: Photo 1320/1. Album containing 59 family snapshots 1908-09...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1919
Extent:
Seven photograph albums, containing a total of 926 photographic prints

5400. Photo 1322

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1322
Title:
Photographs of Korea. Photographer: Mark De Fraeye.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 50 window-mounted gelatin silver prints of Korean landscape and architecture.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2013
Extent:
50 gelatin silver prints, window mounted

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