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1. Photo 17/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2
Title:
Kitchener of Khartoum Collection: 'Kheddah Operations as witnessed by Their Royal Highnesses the Prince & Princess of Wales in the Kakankota Forests of Mysore, Feb. 1906'. Photographer(s): Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Brown full-leather album, measuring 310 x 395 mm, containing mounted prints interleaved with sheets of paper. Letterpress captions appear below the prints and are repeated on the overlay sheet where fuller descriptions are provided. The title is stamped in gold on the front cover which includes ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
31 items

2. Photo 17/2(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(1)
Title:
The Royal Camp at Kharapur. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'The Royal Camp at Kharapur was situated on a bluff overlooking the Kabbani River and about five miles away from the Kheddahs themselves. The picture only shows that portion occupied by Their Royal Highnesses, but some idea of the size and completeness of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 17/2(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(2)
Title:
On the road to the Kheddahs. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Caption reads: 'This illustration shows a point of the road about midway between the camp and the Kheddahs, and will at once be recognised by those familiar with the scenes depicted in the Album'. This print is in the duplicate album, Photo 430/60. Subjects = Kitc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 17/2(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(3)
Title:
Glimpse of the herd in the outer stockade. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'This picture introduces the reader to the actual sphere of operations and shows a few elephants browsing within the outer or large enclosure, a full description of which is given in the introduction'. This print is in the duplicate album, Photo 430/60. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 17/2(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(4)
Title:
The wild herd in the jungle. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'The elephants shown in this picture, though wild, had become so familiar to the sight of man that the photographer was able to approach within thirty yards of them without exciting any curiosity. The picture gives an excellent idea of the heavy bamboo ju...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 17/2(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(5)
Title:
Elephants in the stockade. Taken in the early morning as the long shadows indicate, this illustration shows the herd slowly moving along through the jungle. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events This print is in the duplicate album, Photo 430/60. Subjects = animals; elephants; jungle scenery; kheddas; Kitchener of Khartoum Collection Location = India; Karnataka; Mysore district
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 17/2(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(6)
Title:
Early morning - elephants watering. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'Owing to the dryness of the weather, artificial means had to be adopted to secure a sufficient supply of water for the elephants in the stockade, and to this end a steam pump was employed. It may be noted that elephants generally drink after sunrise and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 17/2(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(7)
Title:
The beginning of the drive. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events The second day of February was the day set apart for the drive from the outer to the inner stockade. By 9am His Highness the Maharaja with his Royal guests were on the scene and having taken up their positions on an elevated platform just opposite the stockade from whic...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 17/2(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(8)
Title:
Breaking through the line of beaters (Note the dust rising). Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'Frequently during the drive the herd would halt to consider as it were the situation, undecided whether to lead on or to turn back on the approaching line of beaters. A shrill trumpeting now and again would indicate that a charge had been delivered somew...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 17/2(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(9)
Title:
The jungle on fire. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'Near to the gate of the inner or tying-up stockade and stretching from end to end is a line made from little heaps of decayed leaves and scrub which is speedily lit directly the elephants are over it. This forms a barrier of flame through which the herd ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

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