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11. Photo 1253/1(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(56)
Title:
'The Family of the Dost.' The influence of Dost Mohammed, Amir of Afghanistan for four decades, towered over relations with the British. Up to his death in 1863, he forged a sense of Afghan unity whilst guiding a difficult path between British and Russian imperial expansionism and frequent provocations by both of them. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of a family posed on a carpet. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 2011. Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: BY APPOINTMENT / JNO: BURKE LATE / BAKER & BURKE / ARTISTE PHOTOGRAPHER / PU...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 1411

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1411
Title:
Willoughby Wallace Hooper Collection: Views of England, Ireland and Wales. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Collection of 114 albumen prints taken by Willoughby Wallace Hooper while on leave from his army post in India. The collection is an album containing personal family photographs compiled from visits to Hertfordshire, England, in October 1869 and from March to September 1879. Holidays in various l...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1880
Extent:
114 items

13. Photo 1411(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1411(9)
Title:
Mr. Holmes Cottage – Streatley. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
View of a road with a cottage on the left; a child (Gerrie) sits on the wall near the cottage’s entrance with a man (Mr Holmes) standing. A woman (Lettie) is standing in the road. Lettie is Hooper's sister, Loretta Mary Hooper. Inscription in ink: ‘Gerrie', 'Mr. Holmes', 'Lettie’, ‘Mr. Holmes Cot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1880
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 1411(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1411(11)
Title:
Hart Lock Ferry in the Thames w. Basildon. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
View of the River Thames with the ferry in the distance. On the left is a rowboat with a man and two dogs (Duke, Percy, Gyp). Percy is Hooper's younger brother, Percy Freeling Hooper. Inscription in ink: ‘Duke', 'Percy', 'Gyp’, ‘Hart Lock Ferry in the Thames w. Basildon’, '20-9-79’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1879
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 1411(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1411(12)
Title:
Mill Stream at back of Streatley Mill. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
View of a stream with a house in the distance. A wooden fence is in the foreground, with a man (Percy) seated on the right. Percy is Hooper's younger brother, Percy Freeling Hooper. Inscription in ink: ‘Percy’, ‘Mill Stream at back of Streatley Mill 10.6.79’, ‘where we kept our Boats’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1879
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 1411(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1411(13)
Title:
Back of Elm Lodge – Streatley. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
View of the back of Elm Lodge with four people standing to the right (Percy, Lettie, Father and Mother). Percy is Hooper's younger brother, Percy Freeling Hooper. Lettie is Hooper's sister, Loretta Mary Hooper. Hooper's father and mother are William Thomas Hooper and Maria Wood Hooper (nee Willou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1880
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 1411(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1411(15)
Title:
Basildon Church. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
View of a country road with a church in the distance behind the trees. Two groups of people are in the foreground; on the left, a woman (Jenny) sits on the fence, and two men (Percy and Mr Shackel). On the right, two men with a dog and one woman (Col Brown, Rev Shackel and Bepie). Percy is Hooper...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1879
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 1411(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1411(16)
Title:
Lawn Tennis at Mr Shackels. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
View of a tennis court in the gardens of a house; there are four people playing (Bepie, Percy, Jenny and Col. Brown). Percy is Hooper's younger brother, Percy Freeling Hooper. Inscription in ink: ‘Bepie', 'Percy’, ‘Jenny', 'Col Brown ', ‘Lawn Tennis at Mr Shackels’, ‘Basildon’,’ 15-9-79’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1879
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 1411(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1411(17)
Title:
Gate from the Hay field Pinner Wood Cottage. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Photograph of a gate with a woman (Alice) standing on the left. An older woman (Mother) is sitting in a wheelchair with two children in front (Ba and Gerry) Corresponds to Photo 1411(114). Alice is Hooper's sister, Alice Marian Hooper. Their mother, Maria Wood Hooper (nee Willoughby). The two chi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1880
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 1411(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1411(18)
Title:
Mill Stream Streatley. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
View of a stream, with a man (Percy) standing by a wooden fence in front of the stream. Percy is Hooper's younger brother, Percy Freeling Hooper. Inscription in ink: ‘Percy’, ‘Mill Stream Streatley’, ‘10.6.79’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1879
Extent:
1 item