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1. Photo 1281

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281
Title:
Sassoon Collection: photograph album of views of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-leather and red pebbled buckram album measuring 278 mm x 380 mm, stamped in gilt on front cover, 8 Middleton Street Calcutta, containing 12 uncaptioned views of the property and garden, with three loose prints (two of the interior and one snapshot of Sybil Sassoon aged 13 months, taken in 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
16 items

2. Photo 1281(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281(1)
Title:
[Main entrance to 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View from the street looking towards the main gateway of 8 Middleton Street, with a car emerging and a servant standing in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1281(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281(2)
Title:
[8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking through a wrought-iron gate and across the lawn towards the pedimented facade of 8 Middleton Street, home of the Sassoon family. A note by Sybil Sassoon records that the gate was designed by Ralph Sassoon.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1281(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281(3)
Title:
[8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking through a wrought-iron gate and across the lawn towards the pedimented facade of 8 Middleton Street, home of the Sassoon family: similar to print 2, but slightly more distant and giving a fuller view of the gate and house.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1281(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281(4)
Title:
[Wrought-iron garden gateway at 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of the garden gateway at 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta, designed by Ralph Sassoon. See also prints 2 and 3.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1281(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281(5)
Title:
[8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view, looking across the lawn towards the pedimented facade of 8 Middleton Street, residence of the Sassoon family in Calcutta. Notes inserted by Sybil Sassoon read: 'The flower pots against the house were different species of hibiscus (see Dad's own paintings)' and 'Grannie Sassoon used...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1281(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281(6)
Title:
[8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of the central section of the house, showing a portion of the upper-floor verandah, with ionic columns supporting a central tympanum. An accompanying note by Sybil Sassoon records, 'Grannie Sassoon used to walk up and down the verandah under the stars rocking back and forth reading and chan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1281(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281(7)
Title:
[8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View from a path in the garden, looking towards a portion of the main house, the Calcutta residence of the Sassoon family.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1281(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281(8)
Title:
[Garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View across the garden of 8 Middleton Street, looking towards the wrought-iron garden gate (designed by Ralph Sassoon); with a landscaped sunken area and pond in the foreground. 8 Middleton Street was the Calcutta residence of the Sassoon family.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1281(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281(9)
Title:
[Garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View across the garden of 8 Middleton Street, with a landscaped sunken area and pond (also seen in print 8) in the foreground. 8 Middleton Street was the Calcutta residence of the Sassoon family.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item