Lucknow. Tarawali Kothi (the Bank of Bengal). Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Scope & Content:
Original stereoscopic negative on 6½" x 4½" glass plate: no print. Distant view, with most of the building obscured by trees, apart from the central portico.
Sheffield Collection: Lantern slides of famine scenes. Photographer(s): Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Scope & Content:
Collection of 68 lantern slides, the majority hand-coloured. All the slides apart from one box of six (containing portraits, presumably of Sheffield's family) are views of famine scenes, the original negatives for many of which can be found in Photo 262/1. The precise date and location of this f...
Lantern slides of famine scenes. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Scope & Content:
A collection of 68 lantern slides, the majority hand-coloured, of famine scenes: emaciated victims, dead bodies, famine relief camps and work, distribution of food, etc. The precise date and location of the famine here depicted has not been identified. A number of the original negatives from whi...