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1071. Photo 241

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 241
Title:
Construction of the screw-pile pier at Madras. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Loose uncaptioned prints mounted on card measuring 302 mm x 378 mm. Both views show the screw-pile pier at Madras, running out to seaward from the Custom House. The pier was opened to the public in January 1862 and was later enclosed by two breakwaters to the north and south.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1861
Extent:
2 items

1072. Photo 242

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242
Title:
Sir Richard Carnac Temple Collection: Photographs of Burma and Ceylon. Photographer(s): Oertel, Frederick Oscar
Scope & Content:
Collection comprising three albums of photographs (Photo 242/1-3) of Burma and Ceylon. Sir Richard Carnac Temple (1850-1931), Indian Army officer, administrator in Burma and the Andaman Islands and writer on anthropological subjects.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1890s
Extent:
Unspecified

1073. Photo 243

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 243
Title:
Construction of the Darjeeling Hill Road. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of 31 loose albumen prints mounted on card measuring 303 x 378 mm. Each mount has the letterpress title, Darjeeling Hill Road, Public Works Department, together with individual numbered caption. The series runs from 1-30, with an additonal unnumbered print of a group of engineers. No....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
31 items

1074. Photo 244

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 244
Title:
Visit of the Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma Chief of the Defence Staff of U.K. to India Photographer(s): Press Information Bureau
Scope & Content:
Red buckram photograph album measuring 310x392mm, stamped with title as above in gold on front cover, with prints mounted on pages between tissue interleaving. The prints are uncaptioned but there is a brief index at the end of the volume listing the various functions attended by Lord Mountbatte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1965
Extent:
1 item

1075. Photo 245

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 245
Title:
Montagu Mission to India Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Five loose prints. Prints 1-4 are formal group portraits taken at various times during Sir Edwin Samuel Montagu's tour of India to investigate constitutional reform. These prints are each accompanied by a key identifying the sitters. Print 5 is a later (1924) informal portrait of Montagu, taken ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1917-1924
Extent:
5 items

1076. Photo 246

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 246
Title:
Portraits of the Nicholson family. Photographer(s): Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
Three cased portraits as follows: 246 (1) Hand-tinted stereoscopic daguerreotype of Mrs Clara Nicholson (1795-1874), mother of Brigadier-General John Nicholson (see item 2 below), in leather case with built-in viewing binoculars. Size of each image 68 x 58 mm. Overall size of case 96 x 192 m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
3 items

1077. Photo 247

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247
Title:
Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and surrounding districts. Photographer(s): Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Collection of 255 hand-coloured salted paper print views of Calcutta and surroundings (including Barrackpore, Serampore, Bandel, Chandernagore, Chinsura), divided in four parts (Photo 247/1-4). This series is part of the larger collection of views (comprising Photo 247-251) purchased by the East...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850-1855
Extent:
Unspecified

1078. Photo 248

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 248
Title:
Fiebig Collection: Views of Madras. Photographer(s): Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Collection of 61 loose hand-coloured salted paper prints from calotype negatives, each mounted on card measuring 348 x 470 mm, with contemporary hand-written captions at bottom left. The collection comprises topographical and architectural views in and around Madras. Fiebig's visit to Madras can...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
61 items

1079. Photo 249

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249
Title:
Fiebig Collection: Views in Ceylon. Photographer(s): Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Collection of 70 loose hand-coloured salted paper prints from calotype negatives, mounted on card measuring 348 x 470 mm, with contemporary hand-written captions at bottom left. The caption to print 26 in this series appears to indicate that Fiebig visited Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1852. This photog...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
70 items

1080. Photo 250

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 250
Title:
Fiebig Collection: Views in Mauritius. Photographer(s): Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Collection of 41 hand-coloured salted paper prints from calotype negatives, mounted on card measuring 348 x 470 mm, with contemporary hand-written captions at bottom left. A number of the prints are signed by Fiebig in the negative. The majority of the prints show scenes in Port Louis, with a fe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1853
Extent:
41 items

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