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Subject Trees Name Webber, Thomas Wingfield, 1836-1914 Level [40] File

1. Photo 1228(4)

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Photo 1228(4)
Title:
Peepul tree, Ficus Indicus, Hoshungabad, TWW. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a peepul tree groing beside a pool or stream, with a number of religious objects placed among the roots at the base. Second copy (cropped) at print 25.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1228(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(5)
Title:
Peepul tree, Hoshungabad. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Another study, in smaller format, of what appears to be the same tree seen in print 4. In this view a thatched hut can be seen in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1228(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(10)
Title:
Konta Pershad. Tamarindus Indica. Old tamarind at Hoshungabad. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. Webber' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the tamarind tree, with a European woman (possibly Webber's wife Matilda?) standing beneath it on the right. The Indian servant identified as Konta Pershad stands in the left background. Another copy ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1228(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(11)
Title:
Forest Trees of India. No. 1. Michelia Champaca—Champac tree, Near Puchmurri [Pachmarhi], Sâthpoora hills. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. Webber' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography Forest scene with champac tree growing at the edge of a pool. With additional note: 'This tree (in centre) is the celebrated Champac, sung by poets and worshipped by Hindoos, its flowers are used on the altars.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1228(12)

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Photo 1228(12)
Title:
Forest Trees of India. No. 2. Shorea robusta—Sâl tree. Second best timber in India. Satpoora hills. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Forest scene, with a large sal tree in the centre. With additional note: 'The sal forests of India were most extensive covering great areas in Southern India, Central India, the east coast and there is a wide belt all along the foot of the Himalayahs from Bengal to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1228(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(13)
Title:
Forest Trees of India. No. 3. Bombax Heptaphylla—Cotton tree, Puchmurri [Pachmarhi], 'semul.' Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a large cotton tree, growing at the edge of a field. With additional note: 'This noble lofty tree is common all over the Peninsula. It is remarkable for its great height and its buttressed stem. Its bright red flowers and its cotton pods from which pillows a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1228(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(14)
Title:
Forest Trees of India. No. 4. Eriodendron anfractuosum, 'safed simul,' white cotton tree [and] Boswellia or Thurifera. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Study of two trees in forest. With additional notes: 'Safed simul, white cotton tree. Flowers in Feby. before leaves appear. Timber light, used for toy making' and 'Boswellia or Thurifera, Salar,' common in CP, produces gum olileanum. Leafless in month of February.'...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1228(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(15)
Title:
[Forest Trees of India. No. 6.] Melia aziderachta. Neem tree, Planted for shade. Wilkinson's bungalow, Hoshungabad. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a large neem tree, with a thatched bungalow behind. The European man standing beneath the tree is presumably Mr Wilkinson. With additional note: ''Nim', a beautiful ash like tree affording dense shade, planted by roads and homes.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1228(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(16)
Title:
[Forest Trees of India. No. 7.] Cedrela Toona. Toon tree. Indian mahogany. Cave of Mahadeo. Sacred place of pilgrimage, Puchmurri [Pachmarhi]. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the tree, clinging to the rock face, with two Indian figures posed beside the thatched shelter on the right. With additional note: 'This tree grows all over India often to a great size and affords excellent hard red timber like mahogany, 28 lbs to cubic foot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1228(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(17)
Title:
[Forest Trees of India.] No. 8. Sterculia urens, 'Goorer' [and] Erythrina subenosa 'Hurrea' coral tree timber light largely used for making sword & [?]cabbands. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the two identified trees in woodland, with additional note relating to no. 8: 'Bright red flowers in February before the leaves come. Bark smooth and shiney as if painted flesh colour. Timber light.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item