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1901. Photo 1009/2(1403)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1009/2(1403)
Title:
Bahuriband. Colossal Jain image. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Titled and numbered in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Photographed by Cousens' assistants: 'From Jabalpur I sent men to Bilhari, Rupnath, Bahuriband, and Tigowa, all in the north of the Jabalpur district, to get photographs of the remains at those places and copies...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1894
Extent:
1 item

1902. Photo 1009/2(1408)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1009/2(1408)
Title:
Trewar [Tewar]. Image of Vajrapani. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Titled and numbered in the negative. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Captioned and numbered in the negative. Close view of the sculpture. 'Not far from Bheraghat, and on the road to Jabalpur, is the small village of Tewar...Just outside the village at its south-west end, under so...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

1903. Photo 1041(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1041(57)
Title:
At the Feast of Saint Raguel at Adis Abbaba (Part of the crowd descending the hill after the ceremony on 8th May). Photographer: Swayne, Harald George Carlos
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '57' in the negative. View looking down onto and along the valley, with crowd in middleground below.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
8 May 1897
Extent:
1 item

1904. Photo 1058/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1058/1(13)
Title:
Gardien de Tombeau faisant sa prière de Midi, Brousse [Bursa] [Turkish text: The entrance of the Mausoleum of the Sultan Mehmed I in Bursa]. Photographer: Abdullah Frères
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Abdullah Frères' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography View of a man at prayer beside the arched doorway of the Yesil Turbe (Green Tomb) at Bursa.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

1905. Photo 1066(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1066(12)
Title:
Cabinet portrait of Reverend Dugald McKichan, India. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated cabinet portrait of the Very Revd. Donald McKichan (1851-1932), missionary on the staff of Wilson College, Bombay from 1875 and Principal 1878-1920. He was Vice Chancellor of Bombay University from 1888-90 and on various other occasions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

1906. Photo 1066(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1066(13)
Title:
Cabinet portrait of Eliza McKichan, wife of the Rev. Dugald McKichan, India. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing cabinet portrait of Eliza McKichan (d. 1920), née McRitchie, wife of Rev. Dugald McKichan and also a missionary in India.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

1907. Photo 1084, 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(8)
Title:
Group of Nuns [Ta-tsang]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Seated group of nuns: 'This was taken at the nunnery of Ta-tsang, a most desolate spot, from which not a single habitation is to be seen. Our visit was a red letter day to the women, as none of them had ever seen a white man before. The wigs are made ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

1908. Photo 1084, 1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(9)
Title:
The Abbott at Kham-pa-jong [Khamba Dzong]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the abbot and another figure seated at the entrance to a tent: 'The Abbot was sent by the Tashi Lama to meet the Mission. He was a very placid tempered individual, and said he did not know why he had been sent on this work, as his work was purely devotion...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

1909. Photo 1084, 2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 2(11)
Title:
A group of lamas of Dre-Pung Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Portrait of a large group of monks, 'taken on the Parapet of Dre-Pung', with the river valley and mountains beyond. Another copy (printed in platinum) at Photo 430/53 (51).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

1910. Photo 1084, 2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 2(12)
Title:
An image on one of the Gon-Pas of Dre-Pung Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Buddha image in the monastery: 'The appearance of the image in the photograph suggests greater magnificance than really appertains to it. The background is only of wood, covered with gold leaf, and the jewels in the crown are mostly glass or turquoises.' Another...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

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