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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 010056.i.4 Subject Country Houses Level [40] File

1. 010056.i.4(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(1)
Title:
Alum Bagh [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the two-storey house, with its four octagonal corner towers: 'This was originally a fortified garden, containing a large summer-house and out-offices, built and arranged, as an occasional residence, for Newab Khas Mehal, wife of the ex-king, Waji...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

2. 010056.i.4(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(3)
Title:
Bebeapore ki Kothe [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the main façade of the building, a two-storey structure in European classical style: 'At a spot, a few miles eastward of the city, stand the ruins of the old palace of Bebeapore. Newab Ausuf-ood-dowlah, the first of the Newabs who made Lucknow the capita...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

3. 010056.i.4(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(5)
Title:
Dilkoosha [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the European style country house, designed by the amateur architect Gore Ouseley in around 1805 and modelled on Vanbrugh's Seaton Delaval in Northumberland: 'This magnificent hunting-box, or country-seat, was built by Saadaut Ali Khan. He cleared...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. 010056.i.4(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(6)
Title:
La Martinière [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the lake towards the palace (also known as Constantia) built by General Claude Martin, with the column standing in the lake in the foreground. The French adventurer Claude Martin was in service with the King of Oudh, and is buried in the basem...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item