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040-003062511 Collection Area Visual Arts

1. Photo 335/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/5
Title:
Herbert Henry Spalding Collection: Album of views of Europe. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Brown half-leather bound album (spine piece detached and covers weak), measuring 275x390mm. Prints mounted one to a page, the majority captioned in the negative, a few with captions pencilled beneath the print. Almost the whole album consists of architectural and topographical views of non-India...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
4 items

2. Photo 335/5(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/5(33)
Title:
[Rifle shooting team, Trichinopoly.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Uniformed group posed with rifles beside table holding cups. The photograph is taken in front of the arcade of the same building seen in print 32, and it is assumed that it was taken on the same occasion. Possibly men of the South Indian Railway Volunteer Corps. Su...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
6 Dec 1894
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 335/5(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/5(41)
Title:
Camp of exercise, Arkonam, 1895. Group of officers of S.I. Ry. and Madras Ry. Volunteers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group portrait, in uniform, taken at Arkonam (Arakkonam). The only two identified figures are General Straubenzie and Captain Wilkieson. Subjects = auxiliary forces; Indian Army; Madras Railway Volunteers; military (general); South Indian Railway Volunteer R...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 335/5(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/5(32)
Title:
H.H. Rajah Puducottah's fancy dress ball, Trichinopoly, 6.12.94. Some of the characters. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of guests in costume. Subjects = balls; fancy dress; social life; Spalding Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
6 Dec 1894
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 335/5(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/5(29)
Title:
Group taken at the opening of the Mayaveram-Mutupet Railway, April 1st 1894. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = official events; opening ceremonies; railway building; railways; Spalding Collection; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Apr 1894
Extent:
1 item