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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 615 Language Not applicable Subject Indian Uprising or Mutiny, 1857-58

1. Photo 615(9)

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Photo 615(9)
Title:
The entrance to Darjeeling. My pony is standing on the road which during the panics was defended by [?] fortifications thrown up to defend it, you see the gabions to the right centre. In front is a steep high barren mountain. This is a bad print. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = fortifications; hill stations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 615(26)

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Photo 615(26)
Title:
The entrance to Darjeeling with the "defences" which were thrown up to prevent an attack from the mutinous sepoys. This is not a good picture but I thought it would give you some idea of the place. You see my pony again on the road. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = fortifications; hill stations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 615(31)

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Photo 615(31)
Title:
Kowar Sing the Arrah rebel. The man who so nearly destroyed all the English inhabitants of Arrah. He used to come and sit with me in my tent for hours when I was travelling with the Lt Govr and it was during one of these interviews that I took this[?]. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'The old villian! He did nothing but protest to me that he was the most faithful ally the British were ever likely to have'. Subjects = Indian office holders; minor chiefs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

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