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Collection Area Visual Arts Name Nicholas and Company

51. Photo 335/6(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/6(16)
Title:
Bridge over Tambrapoornee at Palamcottah. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Possibly a Nicholas & Co print. In the List of Nicholas & Co's photographic views (Madras 1896), there is a Palamcottah view described as: 'Bridge over the Tamraparani, connecting Palamcottah with Tinnevelly'. Subjects = bridges; Spalding Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 335/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/7
Title:
Herbert Henry Spalding Collection: Album of views in India, Sri Lanka, Europe and Japan. Photographer(s): Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Black half-leather album, 370x310mm, containing mounted prints (two loose) with handwritten captions. The album spine is decorated in gold leaf with the word, 'Scrapbook'. The photographs include group portraits and views in Yercaud, Trichinopoly, Quetta, NWFP, Pudukkottai, Colombo, Mount Lavini...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
28 items

53. Photo 335/7(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/7(2)
Title:
Pagoda Point, Yercaud. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Photographer's blind stamp is in the bottom left of the print. Subjects = hill stations; Spalding Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 406/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2
Title:
Album of views of India and Ceylon Photographer(s): Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Album, originally measuring 264x390mm, now lacking covers, but with pages still bound at spine. Companion volume and in similar state to Photo 406/1. This album continues the documentation and covers Delhi, Lucknow, Benares, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Madras and Ceylon. The majority of the prints ar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1880s
Extent:
61 items

55. Photo 406/2(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2(40)
Title:
Madras. Masulah boat. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Masula boat beached at water's edge, with crew at their seats holding the characteristic spear-like paddles. The boat has the legend 'Port Boat' painted on the side of the hull. Second copy neg at B.9393. Exhibited Museum of Sydney, Imagining India, 16 May - 17 August 1997. Subjects = local c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 406/2(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2(41)
Title:
Madras. A catamaran. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Subjects = catamarans; local craft; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 447/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Album of views of Aden, Madras, Bombay, Andaman Islands, Burma. Photographer(s): Nicholas and Company and others unknown
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather bound photograph album, cloth torn and damp-stained, covers and pages detached and spine missing, measuring 278x385mm. The album mainly consists of topographical views of the locations listed above, with handwritten captions beneath each print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
72 items

58. Photo 447/1(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(46)
Title:
Massulah boat (Madras). Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Subjects = local craft; masula boats; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1880s
Extent:
1 item

59. Photo 447/1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(47)
Title:
Harbour works (Madras). Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the top of the lighthouse looking north-east towards the roadstead and the two piers which were later linked to form an enclosed harbour. Subjects = civil engineering; harbour works
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 447/1(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1(48)
Title:
Government House (Madras) [Guindy]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the linked range of buildingsof the Governor's residence at Guindy, Madras. Another copy at Photo 447/2 (67). Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; government houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item