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Place Delhi, India Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Photo 25(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 25(10)
Title:
Panorama of Delhi from the Ridge. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of Delhi and its environs in three parts. The print is probably that listed in H.Hering's catalogue of Beato photographs as 'D' in the section 'India - Delhi (Second Series)'. The description reads: 'Panorama of Delhi, taken from HIndo Rao's House (In t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 25(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 25(11)
Title:
Hindoo Rao's [house], Delhi. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the ruined building. The print is listed in H. Hering's catalogue of Beato photographs as No.5 in the section 'India - Delhi (Second Series)'. The description reads: 'Hindoo Nao's [sic] House'. Exhibited National Portrait Gallery, London, The Raj: India...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 25(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 25(12)
Title:
Sir T. Metcalfe's House, Delhi. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The print is listed in H.Hering's catalogue of Beato photographs as No.12 in the section 'India - Delhi (Second Series)'. The description reads: 'Metcalfe House'. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; private houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 25(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 25(14)
Title:
The Cashmere Gate, Delhi. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the front entrance to the gate with the top of St.James' Church just visible beyond. The print is listed in H.Hering's catalogue of Beato photographs as No.23 in the section 'India - Delhi (Second Series)'. The description reads: 'Cashmere Gate. Front vi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 25(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 25(17)
Title:
[Distant view of] The Jumma Musjid, Delhi. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The print is one of two listed in H. Hering's catalogue of Beato photographs as Nos.32 & 33 in the section India - Delhi (Second Series). The description for both reads: 'Jumna Musjid'. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 25(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 25(18)
Title:
The Observatory, Delhi. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the ruins with a European (Beato?) and two Indians in the centre. The print is listed in H.Hering's catalogue of Beato photographs as No.4 in the section 'India - Delhi (Second Series)'. The description reads: 'Observatory and Battery; in the distance Hi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 32(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(3)
Title:
No.3. Skinner's Church, Delhi. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of St James's Church, known as Skinner's Church after Col James Skinner, who commissioned the building. Designed by Maj Robert Smith, it was built between 1826–36, with a cruciform plan, three porticoed porches and a central octagonal dome. Duplicat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 32(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(4)
Title:
No. 6. Mosque on ridge of Delhi, held by the mutineers, our batteries were in the foreground appear now to be levelled. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the mosque, showing evidence of bombardment. Part of the caption may be missing, and last section should perhaps give the sense of '...in the foreground where the ground appears now to be levelled'. Duplicate of Photo 193 (6). Subjects = Indian...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 52(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 52(1)
Title:
Hindoo Rao's House, Delhi. Photographer: John Murray.
Scope & Content:
With letterpress label: Printed at the School of Industrial Art, Calcutta, from a negative by Dr Murray, Civil Surgeon, Agra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17 Feb 1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 52(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 52(2)
Title:
Hindoo Rao's House, Delhi, from west. Photographer: John Murray.
Scope & Content:
With letterpress label: Printed at the School of Industrial Art, Calcutta, from a negative by Dr Murray, Civil Surgeon, Agra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17 Feb 1858
Extent:
1 item