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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 230 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 230

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 230
Title:
Photograph album: Construction of the East Bengal Railway from Calcutta through Nadia and Faridpur districts. Photographer(s): J. A. Temple, Charles Lazarus and others unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-leather bound album (spine and bindings weak) measuring 240 mm x 370 mm, with Photographs written in ink on front board, prints lightly mounted on page. The majority of prints are uncaptioned: a few are lightly captioned in pencil and prints 7-11 have letterpress captions. The album mainly ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862-1872
Extent:
44 albumen prints mounted in album

2. Photo 230(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 230(1)
Title:
Landing stage [?Garai River, Nadia District, West Bengal]. Photographer: Temple, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the riverbank towards the landing stage. Passage in the letter at the front of the album refers to this print: 'I enclose another photograph of the floating landing stage with a cargo boat or barge alongside discharging materials. Lying beneath the bridge...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 230(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 230(2)
Title:
Pontoon [?Garai River, Nadia District, West Bengal]. Photographer: Temple, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking down onto a pontoon moored at the riverside. Subjects = Eastern Bengal State Railway; railway building; railway companies; railways; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 230(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 230(3)
Title:
Long traveller [?Garai River, Nadia District, West Bengal]. Photographer: Temple, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = cranes; Eastern Bengal State Railway; gantry cranes; machinery; railway building; railway companies; railways; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 230(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 230(4)
Title:
[Railway workshop, (?) Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Subjects = boiler shops; cranes; Eastern Bengal State Railway; gantry cranes; industrial buildings; machinery; railway building; railway companies; railways; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 230(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 230(5)
Title:
[Group of European (?)railway engineers, probably at Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Eastern Bengal State Railway; railway building; railway companies; railways; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 230(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 230(6)
Title:
Barrackpore Station on the Eastern Bengal Railway. Photographer: Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; Eastern Bengal State Railway; European architecture in India; railway companies; railway stations; railways; transport Location = Barakpur; Barrackpore; India; West Bengal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 230(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 230(12)
Title:
[River scene, Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 230(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 230(13)
Title:
[Boilermakers at work, (?)Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Subjects = boiler making; Eastern Bengal State Railway; hydraulic riveter; industrial processes; machinery; railway companies; railways; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 230(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 230(14)
Title:
[Barrackpore Station.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, more distant than print 6. For a later print, made from the same negative c. 1900 and in better condition, see Mss Eur F111/483 (4). The later print is dated 29 January 1873. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Eastern Bengal State Railway;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

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