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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1000 Language Not applicable Place Surat, India

1. Photo 1000/31(3208)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/31(3208)
Title:
The Dutch tombs at Surat. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a group of tombs. The massive mausoleum on the left is that of Adriaan van Reede (d. 1691), chief of the Dutch factory and author of 'Hortus Malabaricus'. It was the celebrated magnificence of these tombs which had inspired the architect Sir John...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/46(4648)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/46(4648)
Title:
Group portrait of pupils at Girls' School, Surat. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Pupils and masters posed in courtyard in front of school.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/46(4651)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/46(4651)
Title:
General view of Girls' School, Surat, with pupils gathered in yard in front of building. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the upper storey of a neighbouring building looking down onto the schoolhouse. Print probably shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/52(4966)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4966)
Title:
Dubgurs at work, Surat. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men seated on a verandah, apparently making pots. 'Dubgur - a caste in the scale of Dheras, in Guzerat. They are also called Kalpa, or skinners.' (Glossary of Indian terms for the use of the various departments of the Government of the East India ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/52(4970)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4970)
Title:
Bhisti filling his Pukhal, Surat. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Water carrier pouring water from a leather bucket into the leather container slung over the back of a bullock. The print is signed on the mount Shivashanker Narayen, Photographer. G.W. Terry dirext. Terry was head of the School of Art in Bombay.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item