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032-003122277 Collection Area Visual Arts

1. Photo 851

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 851
Title:
Watson Collection: Photographs relating to the career of Colonel John Williams Watson in India and Iran. Photographer(s): Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Collection of albums and loose photographs in five parts (Photo 851/1-5), relating to the career in India and Iran of Colonel John Williams Watson. John Williams Watson (b. 1874) served in the Indian Medical Service 1898-1929; he was Civil Surgeon at the consulate at Turbat-i-Haidari, Iran from...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s-1920s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 851/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 851/5
Title:
Watson Collection: Miscellaneous portraits and views. Photographer(s): Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose photographs, some mounted, including small snapshots by Watson and large formal prints by professional photographers. John Williams Watson (b. 1874) served in the Indian Medical Service from 1898-1929. In 1908 he was civil surgeon at the Consulate at Turbat-i-Haidari, south ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s-1920s
Extent:
43 items

3. Photo 851/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 851/3
Title:
Watson Collection: Album of snapshot views in Persia. Photographer(s): Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Black half-leather album, measuring 278 x 380 mm, containing snapshot prints mounted several to a page with handwritten captions. Prints 1-60 Miscellaneous views and portraits at Torbat-e-Heydariyeh, including the consulate and staff, the hospital and staff, and tomb of Qutb-din-Haidar. Prints ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1910
Extent:
223 items

4. Photo 851/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 851/4
Title:
Watson Collection: Album of snapshot views in Persia and India.. Photographer(s): Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather album, measuring 278 x 380 mm, containing prints (mostly snapshots) mounted several to a page, with handwritten captions. Prints 1-20 'Poona 1901-1903', including portraits of dogs and horses and shikar scenes. Prints 21-90 Miscellaneous portraits, from 1903, taken while Wat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1920
Extent:
2 items

5. Photo 851/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 851/2
Title:
Watson Collection: Album of views and portraits in England, India, Persia, Greece, Georgia, Central Asia and Turkey. Photographer(s): Ryan
Scope & Content:
Black and blue half-leather album, measuring 388 x 274 mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions. The front free endpaper is signed: 'John W. Watson, 1898-1910'. The majority of photographs are the work of professional photographers and include: portraits of medical officers traini...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1910
Extent:
136 items

6. Photo 851/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 851/1
Title:
Watson Collection: Album of snapshot views and portraits, mostly in England. Photographer(s): Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Black and grey half-leather album, measuring 379 x 272 mm, containing snapshots mounted six to a page. The prints, many of which are uncaptioned, show varying degrees of fading, with some being severely affected. The photographs, presumably by Colonel Watson, were taken during his training in tr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 851/2(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 851/2(20)
Title:
Malakand. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of fortifications on distant hill. Subjects = Watson Collection Location = Malakand; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1901
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 851/2(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 851/2(8)
Title:
Sindi family. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two women seated on a camel being led by a man. Another copy at Photo 940/1(29). Subjects = animals; camels; ethnic groups; Sindhis; Watson Collection Location = Pakistan; Sindh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 851/2(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 851/2(21)
Title:
Malakand. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of military camp and fort. Subjects = forts; military (general); military camps; military facilities; Watson Collection Location = Malakand; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1901
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 851/2(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 851/2(22)
Title:
Malakand. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking up to hill-top fortifications. Subjects = forts; Watson Collection Location = Malakand; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1901
Extent:
1 item