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1. Photo 247/2(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/2(6)
Title:
Jail, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the outer wall of the jail, with Indian figures and palanquin bearers beneath the tree in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/31(3223)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/31(3223)
Title:
The Goal, formerly Azam Khan's Palace, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of Azam Khan's Palace, used at this time as a prison. India Museum no. 1466. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3223). Lyon supplies the following description in his 'Notes to accompany a series of photograph...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/46(4684)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/46(4684)
Title:
Group in convict school, Central Prison, Lucknow, Oudh. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Print in poor condition. Large group of convicts posed with books in prison yard. Presumably taken around the same time as print 4685, which is dated 1871.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/46(4685)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/46(4685)
Title:
Group in convict boys' school, Central Prison, Lucknow, Oudh. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Print in poor condition. Group of boys with books posed in prison yard.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/52(4897)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4897)
Title:
Male prisoners winding cotton on spinning wheels in Karachi Prison. Photographer: Michie and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/52(4898)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4898)
Title:
Female prisoners winding cotton on spinning wheels in Karachi Prison. Photographer: Michie and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/52(4906)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4906)
Title:
Carpet weavers in Karachi Jail. Photographer: Michie and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Line of carpet weavers seated at their looms in a shed. Portion of exhibition label from the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 on reverse of mount.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/52(4907)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4907)
Title:
Carpet weavers in Karachi Jail, working on carpet sent to the Vienna Exhibition. Photographer: Michie and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/52(4920)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4920)
Title:
Potters at work with a stone wheel, Karachi Jail. Photographer: Michie and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography This print is from the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and is described as follows: 'The man in the centre of the picture is represented putting his wheel in motion [with a length of wood]. When it has acquired sufficient velocity, the stick is thrown aside and the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1099(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1099(26)
Title:
Moulmein. The Jail, with Salween River, the Martaban Hills in the distance. Photographer: Jackson, J.
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Moulmein (Mawlamyaing), taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. View from hillside, looking down onto the prison, with the houses of the town beyond and the Salween River beyond and the Martaban Hills in the distance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item