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1. P2360

Reference (shelfmark):
P2360
Title:
‘St Thomas on ye Coast of Cormandel’, Madras. Engraving after Jan Nienhoff, Amsterdam, 1665; English version by J. Ogilby, London, 1669, 2nd ed. 1673. Reproduced also in Churchill’s Voyages & travels, London, 1704, 1732. Artist(s): Nienhoff, Jan (fl.1665) after
Scope & Content:
‘St Thomas on ye Coast of Cormandel’, Madras. Engraving after Jan Nienhoff, Amsterdam, 1665; English version by J. Ogilby, London, 1669, 2nd ed. 1673. Reproduced also in Churchill’s Voyages & travels, London, 1704, 1732. Artist(s): Nienhoff, Jan (fl.1665) after
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1669-1732
Extent:
1 Item

2. Photo 234(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 234(17)
Title:
Tullipot palms near Kandy [Palmyra palms, southern India.] Photographer: Penn, Albert Thomas Watson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Large group of palms. The print is captioned 'Tullipot palms near Kandy', but the view appears to have been taken in Southern India, where the photographer Penn was based. Subjects = palmyra palms; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 248(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(4)
Title:
Hindoo Temple on the Coromandle[sic] Coast. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Architectural Photography View from outside the perimeter wall of a small temple, with palm trees beyond and a small, tiled brick hut in the foreground. Precise location unidentified.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 248(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(5)
Title:
Mahometan Cemetry[sic] [Tamil Nadu]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of graves in the cemetery, largely obscured by the stand of palm trees in the foreground. Precise location unidentified.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 248(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(6)
Title:
Scenery on the Coromandle[sic] Coast. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). Genre: Landscape Photography Indian village scene, probably in the vicinity of Madras, with three figures grouped around a small brick well beside palm trees in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 248(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(7)
Title:
Juggernauth Car, (decorated for festive procession). Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature cropped). View of a large temple car, decorated with flags, being processed along a street in South India (probably in Madras or vicinity), with followers in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 248(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(14)
Title:
Hindoo temple on the Coromandle[sic] Coast. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative (all but 'F' cropped from print). Genre: Architectural Photography A second view, from a different angle, of the small Hindu temple also seen in print 4.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 248(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(18)
Title:
Palmgrove, Coromandle[sic] Coast. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Landscape Photography View of a grove of palm trees, with figure posed seated on the trunk a tree in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 248(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(19)
Title:
Palmtrees, Coromandle[sic] Coast. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'F. Fiebig.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a pathway towards a stand of palms, with three Indian figures posed among the trees in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 248(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248(37)
Title:
A well on the Coromandle[sic] Coast. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a well, set in a clearing with palm trees in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item