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1. Photo 453

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 453
Title:
Eastern Bengal State Railway Photographs Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Blue album, quarter-bound in calf, measuring 336x227mm and containing loosely inserted prints. The majority are uncaptioned, although several have some identifying notes on the reverse and a few have pencilled identifications of locations on the album leaves. A crudely constructed pocket at the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1905-1911
Extent:
55 items

2. Photo 453(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 453(1)
Title:
[Unidentified European group, probably photographed in England.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Location = British Isles
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 453(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 453(2)
Title:
Another horrid photograph of me, also taken from the tennis court. [Portrait of Thomas Hindmarsh, probably taken at Kanchrapara.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of Hindmarsh, Locomotive Superintendent, Eastern Bengal State Railway, wearing a suit and standing among potted planted. For the arguement in favour of this identification, see introduction. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 453(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 453(3)
Title:
[Unidentified European group, probably photographed at Kanchrapara.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of men and women photographed on the steps leading up to a house. Probably photographed during a social event of some kind. Indian servants standing in background. Subjects = dress (European); European social life
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1905
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 453(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 453(4)
Title:
[Portrait of Thomas Hindmarsh.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Hindmarsh standing beside an armchair in a garden. Location unknown, possibly England. See duplicate at print 11. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1905
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 453(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 453(5)
Title:
Caught napping. [Portrait of Walter Raleigh Haughton.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Showing Walter Raleigh Haughton, Resident Engineer on the Eastern Bengal State Railway, asleep in a 'planter's chair'. Location unknown, possibly Kanchrapara. Subjects = chairs; furniture and furnishings
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 453(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 453(6)
Title:
[Portrait of two unidentified European men.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 453(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 453(7)
Title:
[Indian entertainers in garden.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = entertainers; musicians
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 453(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 453(8)
Title:
[Eastern Bengal State Railway group.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Formal portrait of large group posed in front of a railway carriage. Occasion and location unknown (possibly Kanchrapara). Pencilled notes on the reverse identify the following figures: W.R. Haughton, Mrs Haughton, Miss Haughton, Tom [Hindmarsh], Mr Wood (Railway Boa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 453(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 453(9)
Title:
[Eastern Bengal State Railway group, probably at Kanchrapara.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Formal posed group with Thomas Hindmarsh seated in the centre. Duplicate at print 13 and a very similar portrait taken on the same occasion at print 14. See the latter for identifications. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
1 item