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032-003041388 Collection Area Visual Arts

1. Photo 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27
Title:
Miscellaneous views in India. Photographers: Felice Beato, Baker and Burke, Edward Francis Chapman, Alexander Rea, Deen Dayal, Samuel Bourne, John H. Doyle, Thomas Rust, F. Meissner and others.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 113 loose prints tipped onto modern mounts and enclosed in melinex sleeves. The original form of the collection before conservation is unknown, but presumably comprised prints mounted on card now discarded. A few original captions on original card have been preserved and are mounte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858-c 82
Extent:
113 items

2. Photo 27(109)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(109)
Title:
Cairo. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of tombs, with a mosque in the right background. Subjects = Egyptian architecture; Egyptian architecture (Islamic); mosques; tombs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 27(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(29)
Title:
The Rajah Maun Singh. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Indian rulers Location = Delwara; India; Rajasthan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 27(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(27)
Title:
Hangu Cantonment, NWFP Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = cantonments; military (general); military facilities Location = Hangu; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 27(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(28)
Title:
Cherat cantonment, NWFP. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = cantonments; military (general); military facilities Location = Cherat; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 27(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(83)
Title:
River Hugli, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Shipping moored along the riverbank and in mid-stream on the Hugli at Calcutta. The majority are three-masted sailing ships, although the nearest vessel, brig-rigged, also has steam-powered paddle wheels. Subjects = river scenes; sailing ships; transport; water tr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 27(100)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(100)
Title:
My dhobies. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Indian family group engaged in scrubbed clothes outside a hut, probably near Calcutta. Note dung cakes drying for fuel on roof of nearer hut. Subjects = dhobis; dwellings; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 27(96)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(96)
Title:
[Bengal village scene.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Thatched village dwellings by the side of the road. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); dwellings; rural life; villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 27(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(98)
Title:
Village scene [Bengal]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Village scene with men and women engaged in various tasks in front of a house and a well. Both these structures are thatched with characteristic curvilinear roofs. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); dwellings; rural life
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 27(101)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 27(101)
Title:
The Bengallee plough. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Agricultural scene, with farmer in foreground working with a crude plough, formed from a yoke resting on the shoulders of two bullocks with the cross-piece descending between the two animals. Subjects = agricultural implements; agriculture; animals; bullocks; farming; ploughing; ploughs; rural...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item