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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1056 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 1056

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056
Title:
Album of views of Secunderabad, Trimulgherry and Mhow.
Scope & Content:
Half-leather bound album measuring 271x277mm, containing 52 prints mounted one to a page. The binding is in poor repair, with all pages detached. The prints in the album are uncaptioned (apart from print 52), but the volume is accompanied by a handwritten list (duplicated in typescript) which id...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
52 items

2. Photo 1056(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056(1)
Title:
Husain Sauger from railway. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Hussain Sagar reservoir in Andhra Pradesh, taken by Lala Deen Dayal, c. 1890. The Hussain Sagar was created in 1562 by Sultan Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah to help relieve a water shortage and named after Hussain Shah Wali, a holy man who had helped the sultan recover from an illness...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1056(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056(2)
Title:
Husain Sauger from railway. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Photograph with a view of the Hussain Sagar lake to the north of Hyderabad, taken by Lala Deen Dayal, c. 1890. The Hussain Sagar was created in 1562 by Sultan Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah to help relieve a water shortage and named after Hussain Shah Wali, a holy man who had helped the sultan recover f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1056(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056(3)
Title:
Masonic Lodge and Picquet Tank, Secunderabad. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Masonic Lodge buildings in Secunderabad, taken by Lala Deen Dayal, c. 1890. In the 19th century era of pioneering photography mostly dominated by Europeans in India, Deen Dayal earned renown as a hugely successful Indian photographer. Born to a Jaina family in Sardhana near Mee...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1056(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056(4)
Title:
Maidan from Flagstaff, Secunderabad. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Photograph of troop tents pitched on the Maidan, Secunderabad (now in Andhra Pradesh) taken by Lala Deen Dayal, c. 1890. In the 19th century era of pioneering photography mostly dominated by Europeans in India, Deen Dayal earned renown as a hugely successful Indian photographer. Born to a Jaina ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1056(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056(5)
Title:
Public Rooms, interior, Secunderabad. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Photograph taken by Lala Deen Dayal, c. 1890, of the interior of the Secunderabad Public Rooms (now the Secunderabad Club) with the billiards table at the far end. The Secunderabad Club, originally known as the Secunderabad Public Rooms, was established in 1878. Its membership was initially conf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1056(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056(6)
Title:
Scotch Kirk and Cemetery, Secunderabad. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Photograph showing the Scotch Kirk and cemetery, with the cantonment parade ground and race course beyond, at Secunderabad (now in Andhra Pradesh) taken by Lala Deen Dayal, c. 1890. View looking down onto the church and cemetery, with the cantonment parade ground and race course beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1056(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056(7)
Title:
General view from Transport Karkhana, Secunderabad. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Photograph with a general view looking across the Secunderabad Cantonment towards Husain Sagar Tank, taken by Deen Dayal, c. 1890. General view looking towards the Husain Saugur Tank.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1056(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056(8)
Title:
Public Rooms, Secunderabad. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Secunderabad Public Rooms from the driveway, taken by Lala Deen Dayal, c. 1890. View of the Assembly Rooms from the driveway.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1056(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056(9)
Title:
General view from One Tree Rock, Secunderabad. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Photograph with a view across the cantonment at Secunderabad taken by Lala Deen Dayal, c. 1890. The cantonment developed into one of the largest in the country, its colonial architecture including barracks, official and residential buildings and recreational sites like clubs, all located within ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item