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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 27 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27
Title:
Miscellaneous views in India. Photographers: Felice Beato, Baker and Burke, Edward Francis Chapman, Alexander Rea, Deen Dayal, Samuel Bourne, John H. Doyle, Thomas Rust, F. Meissner and others.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 113 loose prints tipped onto modern mounts and enclosed in melinex sleeves. The original form of the collection before conservation is unknown, but presumably comprised prints mounted on card now discarded. A few original captions on original card have been preserved and are mounte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858-c 82
Extent:
113 items

2. Photo 27(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(1)
Title:
The Gate of the Residency & the clock tower opposite [Lucknow]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events This appears to be no. 38 in the Lucknow and Delhi section of the catalogue of Beato views published by Hering in London and titled 'Bailee Guard-gate, taken from the inside, showing the Clock Tower'. The Baillie Guard Gate dominates the foreground of the photograph. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 27(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(2)
Title:
The inside of the Secundra Bagh where 2000 men were killed [Lucknow]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events No. 13 in the Lucknow and Cawnpore section of the published catalogue of Beato views, entitled: 'Interior of the Secundra Bagh after the slaughter of 2,000 rebels by the 93rd Highlanders and the 4th Punjab Regt. - First attack of Sir Colin Campbell in November, 1857'. V...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 27(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(3)
Title:
The Martinière College at Lucknow. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the lake looking towards the building known as Constantia, built by General Claude Martin as a country retreat and mausoleum, and completed after his death in 1800. The tall fluted column standing in the lake in the foreground was a later addition, des...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 27(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(4)
Title:
The breech in the walls of the Secundra Bagh [Lucknow]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events No. 12 in the Lucknow and Cawnpore section of the published catalogue of Beato views, entitled: 'The Secundra Bagh, showing the breach and gateway. - First attack of Sir Colin Campbell in November, 1857' . The breached wall is in the foreground with the main entrance of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 27(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(5)
Title:
The room in the Residency at Lucknow in which Sir Henry Lawrence was killed. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of a portion of the ruined Residency, heavily shell-marked. The tower is at the right. No. 37 in the Lucknow and Cawnpore section of the published catalogue of Beato views, entitled 'The Residency, taken in front, and showing the Room in which Sir Henry Lawrence wa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 27(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(6)
Title:
[Aurangzeb's mosque and other buildings, Machhi Bhavan, Lucknow.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = citadels; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 27(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(7)
Title:
The Dilkusha, Lucknow. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the main facade of the Dilkusha or Heart's Delight, a hunting box built by Saadat Ali Khan in classical European style with an Ionic prostyle portico flanked by an octagonal and a square tower on either side. The building was the scene of fierce ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 27(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(8)
Title:
The Shah Nujeef [Shah Najaf, Lucknow]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); tombs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 27(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(9)
Title:
[Principal gateway of the Jama Masjid, Lucknow.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view of the main gateway to the Jami Masjid, with scaffolding in place over the archways, the lower parts of which have been closed off, presumably during the Mutiny. Subjects = architectural elements; gateways; Indian architecture; Indian architecture...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item