Lall Dighi and Post Office, Calcutta. Photographer: Stretton, William George
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; Dunlop Smith Collection; European architecture in India; post offices; tanks; water supplies
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait showing Captain Thomas Herbert Lewin seated in the centre of a group of Lushai men armed with rifles. Probably photographed at around the time of the Lushai Expedition, in which Lewin served. Location unknown, possibly Chittagong. The group is posed in...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Lushai group photographed in front of the same building and on the same occasion as print 11. Some of the same figures appear in both prints. Location unknown, possibly Chittagong. Subjects = Dunlop Smith Collection; ethnic groups; Lushais (ethnic group) Lo...
Raja of Sikkim and suite — Lt: Govr. of Bengal and suite [Darjeeling]. Photographer: Phillips, Robert
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Group photograph of Sikhyong Namgue, Maharaja of Sikkim, Sir George Campbell, Lieut. Governor of Bengal and their suites, at Darjeeling. The youth at the left is Thotab Namgue, who succeeded as Maharaja in 1874. The following account of the durbar can be found in Government of India Foreign Dep...
Lt: Govr. of Bengal and suite with Raja of Sikkim and followers [Darjeeling]. Photographer: Phillips, Robert
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Genre: Historical Events Group photograph, similar to print 13, but with a larger retinue of Sikkimese posed in the background. Sikhyong Namgue and Thotab Namgue are seated in the centre of the group. The bearded European seated on the left is (Sir) John Ware Edgar (1839-1902), Deputy Commissio...
Kennedy Lodge, Simla. Photographer: Craddock, James
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Genre: Architectural Photography Snow scene, looking towards the house. The nameplate on the gate announces it as the residence of 'Mr A. O'Meara, Surgeon Dentist'. O'Meara had come to Simla in 1850, and was for many years the only dentist in the Punjab. Subjects = British colonial architectu...
Military Department Office, Simla. Photographer: Craddock, James
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Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; Dunlop Smith Collection; European architecture in India; government buildings; hill stations; military (general)
Simla from Jakko. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
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Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; churches; Dunlop Smith Collection; European architecture in India; hill stations