Curzon Collection: 'Dacca, February, 1904'. Photographer(s): Kapp, Fritz
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Green full-leather album, 353x495mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions. The title is stamped in silver on the front cover, the date referring to the occasion of Curzon's visit although the photographs do not record this event, only general views. Curzon toured Eastern Bengal in...
[Portrait of] Nawab Sir Abdul Gunny. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head and shoulders portrait. Although the date is unclear it is probably from around the 1880s when the Nawab was in his seventies. Subjects = Curzon Collection; Indian rulers Location = Bangladesh; Dacca; Dhaka; Dhaka District
[Portrait of] Nawab Sir Ahsunallah Bahadur. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait. This appears to be an earlier photograph (1870s-80s?) that has been touched up to make the Nawab look older (grey moustache etc). Subjects = Curzon Collection; Indian rulers Location = Bangladesh; Dacca; Dhaka; Dhaka District
The Palace Ashum Munzil, [Dacca]. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the facade of the Nawab's palace. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Curzon Collection; palaces Location = Bangladesh; Dacca; Dhaka; Dhaka District
Palace Grand Staircase, [Dacca]. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the corridor at the top of the staircase. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Curzon Collection; furniture and furnishings; interiors; palaces Location = Bangladesh; Dacca; Dhaka; Dhaka District