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401. Photo 20(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(25)
Title:
Tongsa Penlop [Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk] and family [Tongsa, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, posed in front of the wooden verandah of a house. The figures in the photograph are identified as follows: front row—eldest daughter of Thimbu Jongpen, Tongsa Penlop, sister of Tongsa Penlop; back row (on verandah)—younger daughter also married to nep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

402. Photo 20(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(37)
Title:
Tongsa Penlop's sister's family [Tongsa, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, the family gathered on the entrance steps to a house. The photograph was used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 434), with the following caption: 'The Royal Family of Bhutan. On the top step stands the king, not in his robes of state b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

403. Photo 29(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(51)
Title:
Banian tree in Barrackpore Park, interior view. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1748 in the negative. Portrait of the European lady also seen in prints 50 and 53, seated among the aerial roots of the banyan tree in Barrackpore Park.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

404. Photo 29(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(53)
Title:
Gothic ruin with creepers in Barrackpore Park. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1750 in the negative. View looking towards the ivy-covered gothic folly in Barrackpore, with the European lady also seen in plates 50-51 seated in the foreground among palms and other shrubbery.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

405. Photo 70(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 70(1)
Title:
Burmese in Festival Dresses. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio group portrait of Burmese girls and children.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880s-180s
Extent:
1 item

406. Photo 127(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 127(70)
Title:
Cashmere nautch girl. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of a reclining Kashmiri nautch girl. ethnic groups; Kashmiris;
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

407. Photo 127(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 127(98)
Title:
[Jewellers of Galle, Ceylon.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Carte-de-visite study of a group of Galle jewellers gathered round a table with their wares. For larger format prints featuring the same group, see Photo 210/1 (52) and Photo 1224/1 (131).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

408. Photo 246(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 246(1)
Title:
Stereoscopic daguerreotpe portrait of Mrs Clara Nicholson. Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait of Clara Nicholson (née Hogg, 1795-1874), mother of General John Nicholson (1821-1857). A hand-coloured stereoscopic daguerreotype, each image measuring 68 x 58 mm, in a leather case measuring 100 x 191 mm, with built-in viewer, t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

409. Photo 246(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 246(2)
Title:
Daguerreotype portrait of Brigadier-General John Nicholson. Photographer: Kilburn, William E.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated cased daguerreotype portrait of John Nicholson (1821-1857), Bengal army, killed during the storming of Delhi in the Indian Mutiny. Very light gold tinting on chair and watch chain, the sitter looking off to the left. Contained in a maroon ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

410. Photo 246(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 246(3)
Title:
Portrait of Charles Johnson Nicholson. Photographer: Kilburn, William E.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length hand-coloured portrait of Charles Johnson Nicholson (c. 1828-1862), Bengal Army, who lost an arm at the storming of Delhi during the Indian Mutiny. This appears to be a hand-coloured paper print. Cased image in gilt matt, the case measuring 152 x 130 mm, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item