Portrait of Sir James Abbott (1807-1896) Photographer(s): Unknown
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Hand-coloured portrait in gold frame, overall measurement 207x165mm. General Sir James Abbott of the Bengal Artillery was Commissioner of Hazara 1845-53. hand-coloured, process unknown
Thornton Collection: Views in China, Suakin and India. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
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Loose prints mounted on modern archival card and inserted in Secol sleeves. The collection appears to have originally been in album form and many of the original captions are retained. The collection was presented by J.P. Thornton, grandson of the compiler Surgeon-General Sir James Howard Thornt...
Villiers-Stuart Collection: Views of Indian gardens. Photographer(s): Archaeological Survey of India
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Collection of loose prints mainly depicting views of gardens in India with some additional architectural material. Locations include Agra, Sikandra, Ahmadabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Delhi, Dig, Islamabad, Jaipur, Srinagar, Lahore and Udaipur. There are also photographs of Indian miniature painti...
Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith Collection: Photographs relating to the life and career in India of Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith.
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Collection in 11 parts (Photo 355/1-11), mainly in albums but with some loose prints, relating to the career in India of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith (1858-1921).
Daguerreotype portrait of an unknown sitter. Photographer(s): Unknown
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Uncased daguerreotype, measuring 112x99mm, with three layers of mount in black, gold and white, bound together by a glass cover and paper support. The photograph is a half-length portrait of an unidentified young man.
Fragments of Indian temple sculpture. Photographer(s): Unknown
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Loose photographs depicting fragments of Indian figurative sculpture held in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, Patna Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Sculpture originates from Bharhut, Mathura, Didarganj, Rajmahal (Bihar), Sarguja and Bhuvaneshwar.