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G. A. D. Cochrane Collection: Group portraits of Indian Service of Engineers staff. Photographers: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of 11 loose black-and-white gelatin silver prints, taken during the career of George Alfred David Cochrane (b. 1901), Indian Service of Engineers 1924-48. The groups all contain Cochrane himself, generally as the senior figure seated in the centre. The location and date of the majority...
Two photographs: A palace in Lucknow and a group portrait of Indian soldiers. Photographers: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Two albumen prints: Photo 1367(1). Husainabad Imambara, Lucknow. View looking towards the entrance gateway from inside the complex. Photo 1367(2). Group portrait of Indian soldiers.
Red cloth-bound booklet measuring 216 mm x 276 mm, title stamped in gilt in front cover, containing 26 pp. of collotype reproductions of photographs relating to the Bombay City Police, printed by Phototypie P.-G. Evrard, 50 Avenue Secretan, Paris. The titlepage shows a view of the Head Police Off...
Photographs of Mohand Marg and surroundings. Photographer: Sir Marc Aurel Stein.
Scope & Content:
Twelve loose prints of scenery in the vicinity of Mohand Marg, near Srinagar, where Aurel Stein maintained a summer camp, the majority captioned on the reverse in Stein's hand. The photographs were found amongst the papers of the donor's grandfather, Cornelius Van Hemert Engert, who was a friend ...
A collection of 157 black-and-white prints, mainly snapshots, relating to the life and career of Frederick Charles Turner (1872-1950), Indian Civil Service (Central Provinces) 1895-1931. The majority of the collection was received in envelopes arranged by subject and date, with some prints beari...
A collection of 99 black-and-white prints, mainly snapshots, relating to the career in India of Philip Docton Martyn (1904-1989), Indian Civil Service (Bengal) 1927-47, and his wife Margaret Lisle Martyn, née Gadd (c. 1913-2005). Subjects include views of Calcutta (St Paul’s Cathedral, Governmen...
William Gordon Stewart Collection: Photographs and papers relating to his career in the Public Works Department in the Federated Malay States and Singapore.
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Collection comprising: Photo 1373/1. Photograph album entitled On Leave 1925 and Johore 1925-1929, containing 80 prints. Photo 1373/2. 8 loose prints, including a wedding portrait of William Gordon Stewart, 1922 (2 copies), portraits of W. G. Stewart and his wife Ada, and miscellaneous snapsho...
Panoramic view of Vizagapatam. Photographer: Unknown
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Panoramic view composed of four joined prints, looking onto Vizagapatam from Black Moor Hill, measuring 189 mm x 940 mm; in very poor condition, with sellotape repairs and glue stains from mount. The photograph was originally the property of the donor's uncle, Walter Bull, who served there as Ass...