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1. Photo 50

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50
Title:
Surgeon-General Henry Walter Bellew Collection: Photographs relating to the career of Henry Walter Bellew.
Scope & Content:
Collection in two parts (Photo 50/1-2). Photo 50/1 is an album compiled by Bellew, containing material relating to his career; Photo 50/2 is a collection of loose architectural photographs of India. Henry Walter Bellew (1834–1892) received a medical training at St George's Hospital, London and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1880s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 50/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1
Title:
Surgeon-General Henry Walter Bellew Collection: Photograph album of Surgeon-General Henry Walter Bellew. Photographer(s): Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather bound album (spine broken and front cover detached) measuring 535 x 395 mm, with prints loosely pasted down onto page at corners (resulting in some stress tears to prints). 'Imperial View Album No. 5 23/10/58', written in pencil on front free endpaper. The contents of the alb...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869-c 80
Extent:
87 items

3. Photo 50/1(1-26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(1-26)
Title:
[Buddhist sculptures]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Prints 1-26 (not individually captioned) are a series of small prints of Indian sculpture (some duplicates), the majority showing scenes from the life of the Buddha. Mainly Gandharan figures. Subjects = Bellew Collection; Gandharan art; sculpture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 50/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(27)
Title:
[Afridi tribesmen at Fort Jamrud, North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of tribesmen, posed with their weapons (jezails and rifles) in front of the fort. Possibly photographed by Baker & Burke during Lord Mayo's visit to the North-West Frontier. Subjects = Afridis (ethnic group); arms and armour; Bellew Collect...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 50/1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(28)
Title:
[Afridi tribesmen at Fort Jamrud, North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A less clear photograph than the preceding print. Possibly photographed by Baker & Burke during Lord Mayo's visit to the North-West Frontier. Subjects = Afridis (ethnic group); Bellew Collection; ethnic groups; forts Location = Jamrud; North-West Fronti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 50/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(29)
Title:
[Afridi tribesmen at Fort Jamrud, North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Afridis (ethnic group); Bellew Collection; ethnic groups; forts Location = Jamrud; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 50/1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(32)
Title:
[Group of sculptures of Buddha, Gandharan.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Arranged tableau of sculptures of the Buddha, the majority of the head only but with one full standing figure and one full seated figure. Duplicate at Photo 147/2 (101) Subjects = Bellew Collection; sculpture; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 50/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(34)
Title:
[Woodland scene.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Bellew Collection; ferns; trees & plants Location = Murree; Pakistan; Punjab; Punjab (Pakistan)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 50/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(38)
Title:
[Portrait of Sher Ali Khan, Amir of Afghanistan.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait (oval vignette), wearing heavy coat and black Astrakahn hat, sword in left hand. Probably taken during the return from the Ambala durbar with the Viceroy Lord Mayo, possibly at Jamrud. Duplicate at print 78. Photograph probably by Baker &a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Apr 1869
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 50/1(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(39)
Title:
[Durbar group with Sher Ali Khan, Fort Jamrud.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group portrait with Amir Sher Ali Khan seated in the centre, flanked by Col Chamberlain and Sir Frederick Pollock and a large Afghan contingent. This appears to be the photograph listed in the 1872 Baker & Burke catalogue as 'Group. The Amir and Suite, with European...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item