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2051. Photo 1268

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1268
Title:
Kenneth Hollingbury Collection: Military groups in India and Burma. Photographer(s): Mehta Studio
Scope & Content:
Three loose prints, mounted on card with letterpress titles and key to sitters on mount. The groups comprise: (1) Weapon Training Course, Ferozepore 1942; (2) Officers' Mess, 2nd Indian Armoured Brigade, Ahmednagar 1946; (3) No. 1 Company Commanders' Course, Burma Army Central Schools, Kalaw 1948.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1942-1948
Extent:
3 items

2052. Photo 1270

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1270
Title:
Copy prints of photographs by Robert and Harriet Tytler in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada. Photographer(s): Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Collection of 97 loose prints, copied from original negatives and prints by Robert and Harriet Tytler, held in the collections of the the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; with catalogue listing of the material and correspondence relating to the collection. The series includes views by the Tyt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857-1858
Extent:
Unspecified

2053. Photo 1271

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1271
Title:
Slater Collection: Photograph albums of George Sidney Slater, mainly relating to the Middle East during World War I.
Scope & Content:
Collection of six large photograph albums and 1 loose print (Photo 1271/1-7). The first four albums in the collection (Photo 1271/1-4) record Slater's military service as an RAF photographer in Egypt and Palestine from 1917-19.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1911-1920
Extent:
Unspecified

2054. Photo 1275

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1275
Title:
Desmond Parsons Collection: Photographs of the Dunhuang Caves. Photographer(s): Desmond Parsons
Scope & Content:
Collection of 115 loose gelatin silver prints, uncaptioned, tipped down onto light buff card. The photographs show wall painting details in the Dunhuang Magao Caves, taken during Parsons' visit in 1935.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
115 items

2055. Photo 1278

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1278
Title:
Photograph album of European views compiled by Jessie Eliza Chitty, 1887. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Blue half-leather album measuring 300 x 255 mm, containing 34 albumen print views of places visited by Jessie Eliza Chitty (1866-1950), daughter of Sir Joseph Chitty, P.C., during a European tour in 1887. Locations include Paris, Cornwall, Munster, Salzburg, Vienna, Venice, Brussels, Monte Carlo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
34 items

2056. Photo 1279

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1279
Title:
Portrait of Sir Albert Sortain Romer Macklin, High Court Judge, Bombay. Photographer(s): Hamilton Studios Ltd
Scope & Content:
Mounted gelatin silver print portrait of Sir A. S. R. Macklin (1890-1976), Indian Civil Service, signed on mount by studio and sitter. Together with three small empty envelopes, addressed to the Raja of Sattara, various dates in 1853.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1935-1940
Extent:
1 item

2057. Photo 1280

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1280
Title:
International Dunhuang Project: General history. Photographers: Various
Scope & Content:
Photographs relating to the history and activities of the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library. The collection records meetings, conferences, official visits and staff activities of IDP since its inception.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1980s-c 2010
Extent:
Unspecified

2058. Photo 1281

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281
Title:
Sassoon Collection: photograph album of views of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-leather and red pebbled buckram album measuring 278 mm x 380 mm, stamped in gilt on front cover, 8 Middleton Street Calcutta, containing 12 uncaptioned views of the property and garden, with three loose prints (two of the interior and one snapshot of Sybil Sassoon aged 13 months, taken in 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
16 items

2059. Photo 1283

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1283
Title:
Underwood and Underwood: Russia through the Stereoscope. Photographer(s)/Publishers: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Collection of 100 stereoscopic views of Russian scenes, each mounted on stout card measuring 88 mm x 178 mm, and contained in a custom-made box in the form of a false three-volume book. Each card has a letterpress caption and copyright notice, the majority dated 1898, but some dating from 1897-1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897-1902
Extent:
100 items

2060. Photo 1284

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1284
Title:
Police Week at Lahore. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
One loose print, mounted on thick card, with inscription as above in pencil on reverse, showing a formal European portrait group.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

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