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Material Type Photographs Level [32] Fonds

1061. Photo 231

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Photo 231
Title:
Afghan Boundary Commission 1884-86. Photographer(s): Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Half-leather green album (scuffed and with front cover detached), measuring 560 x 390 mm, title as above stamped in gold on front cover. The album contains photographic copies of drawings by Sir Edward Law Durand while attached to the Afghan Boundary Commission. Duplicate set at Photo 12, which ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1884-1886
Extent:
106 items

1062. Photo 232

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 232
Title:
Views of Holkar's Dominions. Photographer(s): Ramchandrarao and Prataprao
Scope & Content:
Half-leather red photograph album (modern India Office Library rebinding) measuring 317 mm x 430 mm, prints laid down on page with neat hand-written captions beneath. Inscription pasted into inside front cover reads: The Right Honourable Mr & Mrs Montagu. With all good wishes for a Happy New...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1919
Extent:
96 items

1063. Photo 233

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 233
Title:
Unveiling of the Lloyd Barrage and Canals in Sind, by the Viceroy, Lord Willingdon. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose, uncaptioned prints recording the opening of the Lloyd Barrage and Canals. The prints show the arrival of the Viceroy, tour of the works, opening addresses, etc. Now known as the Sukkur Barrage, these dams on the Indus just below Sukkur control one of the largest irrigation s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
13Jan1932
Extent:
1 item

1064. Photo 234

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 234
Title:
Views of Ceylon and South India. Photographer(s): Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Disbound album (page size 300 x 400mm), with leaves now enclosed in Secol sleeves. Prints are mounted one to a page, with hand-written captions in ink. Some prints also have pencilled captions beneath the print. Three additional prints, evidently loosely inserted in the album, are also included...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1880s
Extent:
31 items

1065. Photo 235

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 235
Title:
Views of Kangchenjunga. Photographer(s): Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Three loose prints showing views of Kangchenjunga. Print 1 is an albumen print, print 2 'a specimen of heliogravure by Major Waterhouse's Process', print 3 a photo-etching made at the Survey of India office. Prints 2-3 have probably been extracted from the annual reports of the Photographic Depa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
3 items

1066. Photo 236

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 236
Title:
Views in Central Asia. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of eight loose, uncaptioned prints, on card mounts measuring 290 x 365 mm. The views appears to show scenes in Turkestan, and includes mountain scenery, with one print of cars negotiating a snow-bound mountain pass, possibly in the Himalayas, a camel caravan with a yurt in background ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s-1930s
Extent:
8 items

1067. Photo 237

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 237
Title:
Statue of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence. Photographer(s): Marks, Robert
Scope & Content:
Print mounted in contemporary arched window mount measuring 418x290mm. Inscribed on reverse: 'Robt. Marks Engraver & Lithographer, works of art photographed, 104 St Martin's Lane, London W.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

1068. Photo 238

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 238
Title:
Four views in Iraq. Photographer: Alexander Svoboda
Scope & Content:
Four loose salted paper prints, mounted on modern conservation board. The original captions for prints 2 and 4 have been retained from the orignal mounts and laid down onto the new board. Prints 1 and 2 are signed with the photographer's initials, print 3 with full name and date, print 4 unsigne...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
4 items

1069. Photo 239

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 239
Title:
View on board H.M.S. 'Assaye'. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Print mounted on card mount measuring 290x367mm, with lightly pencilled caption beneath image.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

1070. Photo 240

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 240
Title:
Jaintia Hills, Assam. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Print laid down on card mount, with handwritten caption beneath. Photographic copy of a painting.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

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