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Subject Islamic Architecture Material Type Photographs Level [32] Fonds

1. Neg 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 35
Title:
John Murray Collection: Calotype views of India. Photographer: John Murray.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 107 calotype negatives of architectural and topographical views in Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Sikandra, Delhi, Naini Tal, Simla and Benares; originally stored in a green portfolio labelled: 'J. Murray, Calotype Neg'. Modern contact prints from these negatives are available for referenc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c, 1855-1864
Extent:
107 items

2. Photo 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35
Title:
John Murray Collection: Calotype views of India. Photographer(s): John Murray.
Scope & Content:
This collection consists principally of modern contact prints made from the original large-format calotype negatives in Neg 35. It also contains four contemporary albumen prints and three gelatine prints produced in the early 20th century, which were acquired with Neg 35. This collection consis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855-1865
Extent:
111 items

3. Photo 307

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 307
Title:
Architectural views in Bijapur. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Loose mounted prints with handwritten numbered captions on reverse. Each print has the initial M(?) on the mount, but as yet the photographer remains unidentified. The photographs depict views of tombs, mosques and palaces in Bijapur.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
20 items

4. Photo 995

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995
Title:
Henry Hardy Cole, The Architecture of Ancient Delhi, Especially the Buildings around the Kutb Minar (London: published by the Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art, No. 24, Old Bond Street. MDCCCLXXII [1872]). Photographer: Charles Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Printed book measuring 278 mm x 376 mm, in modern green cloth binding, with 29 prints recording the architectural monuments in the vicinity of the Qutb at Delhi (and a few associated sites). The prints were produced in Autotype by the Permanent Printing Company (Woodbury and Autotype Process), 9...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1871
Extent:
27 items

5. Photo 1367

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1367
Title:
Two photographs: A palace in Lucknow and a group portrait of Indian soldiers. Photographers: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Two albumen prints: Photo 1367(1). Husainabad Imambara, Lucknow. View looking towards the entrance gateway from inside the complex. Photo 1367(2). Group portrait of Indian soldiers.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
2 items