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Material Type Photographs Level [32] Fonds

1881. Photo 1055

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1055
Title:
Souvenir volume of the Elephant Kraal at Galgamuwa, North-Western Province, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Printed souvenir volume illustrated with 28 platinum prints of activities associated with the capture of wild elephants during the kraal or khedda near Galgamuwa, organised in honour of the Governor Sir Henry McCallum at the end of February 1910. The photographs show sc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

1882. Photo 1056

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1056
Title:
Album of views of Secunderabad, Trimulgherry and Mhow.
Scope & Content:
Half-leather bound album measuring 271x277mm, containing 52 prints mounted one to a page. The binding is in poor repair, with all pages detached. The prints in the album are uncaptioned (apart from print 52), but the volume is accompanied by a handwritten list (duplicated in typescript) which id...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
52 items

1883. Photo 1057

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1057
Title:
Portrait of Reverend Benjamin Bailey (1791-1871). Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
One loose albumen print, in fair condition but with some folds and tears Process = Albumen print
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

1884. Photo 1058

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1058
Title:
Sultan Abdul Hamid II Collection: synopsis. Photographer(s): Abdullah Frères
Scope & Content:
Collection of 51 large full leather albums, documenting Turkish architecture, education, military and naval subjects, factories and other industrial subjects. Photo 1058/1 Architectural views at Bursa, Sogut, Eskisehir, Iznik. 42 prints. Photo 1058/2 Architectural views of Bursa. 4...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
Unspecified

1885. Photo 1059

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1059
Title:
View on the Irrawaddy River, Burma.
Scope & Content:
One albumen print, mounted on loose album page, with handwritten caption beneath print reading 'Vue de l'Irraouady.' The print was originally part of an album compiled by the French diplomat Comte Julien de Rochechouart, who visited Burma on an official mission in 1873 in an attempt to ratify th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early1870s
Extent:
1 item

1886. Photo 1060

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060
Title:
Album of Indian views.
Scope & Content:
Half-leather bound album (boards detached and some pages loose) measuring 305x377mm and containing 45 albumen prints, generally in good condition. Prints 1-29 are pasted down on the album pages, with pencilled captions written beneath. The remaining prints were found inserted loose in the back o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870s
Extent:
45 items

1887. Photo 1061

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1061
Title:
Lawrence Memorial Military School, Lovedale, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer(s): Weyburne
Scope & Content:
In two parts, Photo 1061/1-2. The collection belonged to Barbara Aileen Holdaway, née Walton (1916–1996), who was a pupil at the L.M.R.M. School from 1928–35, and consists of portraits of staff and pupils and a series of colour prints taken during a visit to the school in 1988. Photographs by We...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1928-1988
Extent:
Unspecified

1888. Photo 1063

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063
Title:
Photographs of the Construction of the Cauvery-Mettur Dam and associated canals. Photographer(s): Klein and Peyerl; New York Times
Scope & Content:
Collection of 14 loose prints showing construction work on the Cauvery Mettur Dam Scheme, accompanied by a typescript list of captions and additional notes. The majority are reproduced in C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940). Print 15 is unrelated to this series and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1927-1934
Extent:
15 items

1889. Photo 1064

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1064
Title:
Douglas Collection: Sistan Arbitration Commission photographs and other snapshots, including views of Iran. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Process = Printing-out paper
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903-1905
Extent:
Unspecified

1890. Photo 1065

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1065
Title:
Gerald Robert Savage Collection: Photographs relating to the career of G. R. Savage, Indian Police.
Scope & Content:
In three parts, Photo 1065/1-3. Photographs relating to the career of Gerald Robert Savage, Indian Police 1937-47.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1937-1947
Extent:
Unspecified

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