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1041. Photo 211

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 211
Title:
Arthur Brandreth Collection: Photographs of India and Europe. Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Collection consisting of an album (Photo 211/1) and 21 loose prints (Photo 211/2), mainly views in northern India but with a few European views, compiled by Arthur Brandreth, Indian Civil Service.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
Unspecified

1042. Photo 212

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 212
Title:
Photographs to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India (in 7 volumes). Photographer(s): Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Collection of architectural photographs of Southern India in seven volumes, commissioned by the Government of Madras in 1867. The photographs are also included in the India Office Series (Photo 1000), and the original negatives for most are also held in the British Library Collections.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
Unspecified

1043. Photo 213

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 213
Title:
Portraits of William Harwood. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Three loose unmounted copy prints of paintings of William Harwood, Chief at Dinajpur, c1775. Handwritten captions on reverse. Print 1 'Portrait of Wm Harwood, Chief of Dinajpur 1775, painted about 1785 by Mather Brown, size about 4ft 2 by 3ft 3. Published in The Burlington Magazine Sep 1915, [?]...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

1044. Photo 214

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 214
Title:
Tottenham Collection: Portraits of officers of the 38th Bengal Native Infantry and 23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot. Photographer(s): Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose prints including carte-de-visite and cabinet portraits from the collection of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Loftus Alexander Tottenham. The photographs are mainly individual and group portraits of officers of the 38th Bengal Native Infantry and 23rd Foot. There are also two views,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870s
Extent:
21 items

1045. Photo 215

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 215
Title:
Miscellaneous portraits. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of seven loose mounted prints. The material can be broken down into three parts: Prints 1-3. India Office Library officials and British statesmen. Prints 4-6. groups of the King's Orderly officers. Print 7. group at Burma Round Table Conference, 1931-2.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s-1930s
Extent:
7 items

1046. Photo 216

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 216
Title:
Group portraits at Commonwealth Conferences. Photographer(s): Bedford Lemere and Co
Scope & Content:
Loose mounted prints, some with letterpress captions, others signed by sitters. The photographs depict delegates to various conferences including the Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs, 1950; Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conferences in 1948 and 1951; Commonwealth Auditor-General's Confer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1948-1951
Extent:
12 items

1047. Photo 217

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 217
Title:
Cup presented to Admiral Lord Howe, 1794. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Print on card mount measuring 331x248mm, with letterpress description pasted down on reverse. The photograph shows the cup presented to Admiral Lord Howe by the East India Company to commemorate the Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940s
Extent:
1 item

1048. Photo 218

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 218
Title:
Album of Indian views. Photographer(s): Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Album (rebound in modern red buckram post-binding) measuring 281x410mm, with print pasted down onto page. Prints 138-47 are loosely inserted at end of album. The majority are lightly captioned in pencil in a contemporary hand. Although unsigned many of the views and cartes de visite sized prints...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870s
Extent:
95 items

1049. Photo 219

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 219
Title:
Portraits of Financial Members of the Council of the Governor-General. Photographer(s): Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Loose prints, the majority mounted in similar green mounts with names and dates of office stamped in gold below. 3rd box in the collection stored on L3-9-075-78-E
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1920s
Extent:
26 items

1050. Photo 220

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 220
Title:
Portraits of Sir Richard Strachey. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of the following items: 1. Ambrotype or positive collodion portrait of Sir Richard Strachey, mounted in contemporary arched mount and housed in a specially made modern case. Image size 200x152mm, mount size 271x220mm. There is a crack radiating out across the image from ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
2 items

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