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1. Photo 430/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5
Title:
Curzon Collection: 'Ceylon, India'. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Black half-leather album, 280x372mm, containing mounted prints with captions in Curzon's own hand. The title is stamped in gold on the front cover. A note inside reads: 'Photographs of Ceylon and India (1st journey of G.N.C. Round the World, 1887-8)'. The photographs are mainly topographical and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
29 items

2. Photo 430/5(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(3)
Title:
Talipot Palm, [Sri Lanka]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; talipot palms; trees & plants Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka Photograph of a Talipot Palm, in seed, with rice paddies in the distance, taken by an unknown photographer in Sri Lanka in the 1880s. The Talipot Palm (Corypha Umbraculi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 430/5(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(16)
Title:
Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; mountain scenery
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 430/5(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(18)
Title:
River front of Benares. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; ghats; river scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 430/5(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(20)
Title:
Burning ghats at Benares. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = cremation; Curzon Collection; funerals; funerary practices (Hindu); rites and customs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 430/5(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(28)
Title:
Tomb of Humaiun near Delhi. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); tombs Location = Delhi; Delhi (Nizamuddin); India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 430/5(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(8)
Title:
Maha Vihara. Buddhist Rock-temple at Dambool. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the interior. Subjects = Buddha images; Curzon Collection; interiors; rock-cut temples; Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); temples Location = Ceylon; Dambulla; North Central Province; Sri Lanka Photograph of the interior of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 430/5(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(25)
Title:
Moti Musjid or Pearl Mosque at Delhi. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the facade. Subjects = Curzon Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques Location = Delhi; Delhi (Shahjahanabad); India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 430/5(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(22)
Title:
Memorial of the Massacre, Cawnpore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the angel statue. Subjects = Curzon Collection; European sculpture; monuments and memorials
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 430/5(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/5(21)
Title:
Hindu fakirs & washing places, Benares. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General ghat scene. Subjects = Curzon Collection; ghats
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item