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1. Photo 897

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 897
Title:
Walter Hawkins Nightingale Collection: Photographs of India.
Scope & Content:
Collection of phorographs of India compiled by Walter Hawkins Nightingale, Public Works Department, divided into seven parts (Photo 897/1-7).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1910
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 897/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 897/1
Title:
Walter Hawkins Nightingale Collection: Album of views of Calcutta.
Scope & Content:
Cloth-covered album, 317 x 267 mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions, from the collection of Walter Hawkins Nightingale, Public Works Department. The album covers are richly decorated with a floral pattern in green and gold-leaf, however the album is in generally poor condition...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1880s
Extent:
76 items

3. Photo 897/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 897/1(4)
Title:
Interior of St Peter's Church, Fort William, [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; churches; European architecture in India; forts; interiors
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 897/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 897/1(5)
Title:
High Street, Bridgenorth, [England]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 897/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 897/1(6)
Title:
Tamil woman. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a woman holding an umbrella. Subjects = dress; ethnic groups; Tamils; umbrellas Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 897/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 897/1(7)
Title:
Big Banian Tree, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = banyans; botanical gardens; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 897/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 897/1(8)
Title:
[Portrait of an unidentified European family.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = domestic life (European)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 897/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 897/1(9)
Title:
Staff Barrack, Fort William, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = barracks; British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; forts; military (general); military facilities
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 897/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 897/1(10)
Title:
Orderly, 16th B.I.. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Watercolour of an orderly of the 16th Bengal Infantry (The Rajputs) sitting in a rattan chair. The caption 'dolce far niente - poor Orderly!!' is painted above the figure. Subjects = 16th (The Lucknow) Bengal Native Infantry; Indian Army; military (general); non-ph...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 897/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 897/1(13)
Title:
St Peter's Church, Fort William, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Watercolour depicting British soldiers entering the church Subjects = British colonial architecture; churches; European architecture in India; forts; non-photographic material
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item