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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 931 Language Not applicable Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 931

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 931
Title:
Miscellaneous Indian portraits. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of five albumen prints, mounted on card and presumably extracted from albums of various formats. The captions to the prints are written in different hands and the material clearly originated from three different sources. Prints 1-2 are portrait groups of East Indian Railway employees,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858-1860s
Extent:
5 items

2. Photo 931(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 931(1)
Title:
Betagh, Purser, Adley, Cabry, [?]Ithell, EIR, 1858 [possibly photographed at Allahabad]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of five employees of the East Indian Railway, gathered round an album of photographs. The sitters are M. Betagh, Edward Purser (Chief Engineer, NWP, Allahabad), C.C. Adley (Howrah Electric Telegraph), H. Cabry (Assistant Engineer, Allahabad) and (?)Ith...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 931(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 931(2)
Title:
Cowley, Blackett, Leesmith, Ben, C. Hyne, C. Cook, EIR, 1858 [possibly photographed at Agra]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of East Indian Railway employees posed on a verandah, with sitters identified as: H.C. Cowley (Resident Engineer Agra), Blackett (Junior Engineer, Agra), Leesmith, Ben, C. Hyne, C. Cook. [Albumen print, 150x183mm]. Subjects = East Indian Railway; ra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 931(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 931(3)
Title:
Captain A. Blunt, Comt. Bengal Police. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait of Captain Alfred Blunt, 13th Bengal Native Infantry, District Superintendent of Police 1st Grade. [?Lightly albumenised salt print, 92x113mm]. Subjects = Indian Police; police
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 931(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 931(4)
Title:
Maj Gen George Saxton. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait of Major-General George Harper Saxton (1820-1901), Madras Army -75. [Albumen print, 117x145mm]. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 931(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 931(5)
Title:
Parade of the Maharajah of Kerowlee's troops. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
'The men in the foreground could be Rajastani fighting ascetics. Udasins, Dadupanthis, two possible sects of Karauli region.' (Note by W.R. Pinch). Showing troops gathered at riverbank in front of fort. The figure to right of centre, approaching the water's edge, is presumably the Maharaja of Ka...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item