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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(19)
Title:: [Cantonment Gardens, Rangoon.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View along a path in the gardens, lined with palms along one side, looking towards the spire of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in the distance. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 101(4)
Title:: The Hall of Private Audience [i.e. here the Khas-Mahal, not the Divan-i Khas] and the Palace Garden [Machhi Bhavan, Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:: A photograph of the Diwan-i-Khas (Hall of Private Audience) in Agra, from Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in 1855. The Diwan-i-Khas is one of the fort palaces built in 1637 by Shah Jahan (r.1628-58) and consists of an open colonnaded hall in...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Mid-1850s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 101(22)
Title:: The Garden [at Akbar's tomb, Sikandra]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:: Photograph showing the garden at the mausoleum of the Mughal Emperor Akbar in Sikandra from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in the mid-1850s. Akbar (r.1556-1605) was an energetic and innovative ruler who succeeded in being a significant ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Mid-1850s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 179(5)
Title:: The Burmese Pagoda, Eden Garden [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the ornamental lake in the Eden Gardens towards the Burmese pagoda or pyatthat. The letterpress caption label pasted to reverse records the inscription inside the pagoda: 'The above specimen of Burmese ornamental architecture was remo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 179(6)
Title:: Band Stand, Eden Gardens [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the circular stone plinth of the band stand, a circular stone plinth, with the central tower of the High Court visibile on the skyline beyond. With descriptive letterpress caption label pasted to reverse.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 197(17)
Title:: Part of Bala Hissar, shewing the Old Palace Gardens. Photographer: Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Duplicate of Photo 98 (11). Another duplicate at Photo 449/1 (37).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1879
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 211/1(40)
Title:: The Nautch Bungalow, Shalimar Gardens [Srinagar]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Numbered '675' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View from the pavilion looking down onto the terraces and pools of the Shalimar Bagh.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 item

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