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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

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

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

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1228(18)
Title:: [Forest Rees of India.] No. 9. Mangifera indica. - Mango grove. - Near Puchmurri [Pachmarhi]. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of grassy clearing with mango grove beyond, with additional note: 'Site of deserted village. This mango grove is very old & the trees of great height. The palm Phoenix sylvestris is over 100 feet high. The grass in front is 10 feet high.'
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1228(19)
Title:: [Forest Trees of India.] No. 10. Dalbergia latifolia 'Siassa' - Bombay blackwood [and] young teak. Boree [Bori] Forest C.P. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of blackwood tree in a forest clearing, with a young teak tree in the right foreground. With additional note on album page beneath print: 'This beautiful broad leaved Dalbergia is the celebrated Bombay rosewood from which carved furniture is largely made. It gr...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1228(20)
Title:: [Forest Trees of India.] No. 11. Pterocarpus marsupium, 'Beeja' or 'Bigesar.' Highest point of Sathpoora range Central Provinces. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of the Indian kino tree in left foreground, with forest extending towards distant mountains beyond. With additional note on album page beneath print: 'It is a fine tall handsome tree with dark coloured heart wood used for building purposes. Its gum 'kino' is la...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1228(21)
Title:: [Indian Forest Trees.] No. 12. 'Cassia fistula' 'Cathartocarpus fistula' Central Provinces. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of trees in a clearing. With additional note on album page beneath print: 'A beautiful tree with long pendulous racemesof yellow flamens resembling [?]likurneem. The pods are often two feet long.'
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1228(22)
Title:: [Indian Forest Trees.] No. 13. Tamarindus indica. Tamarind tree. Hoshungabad: bank of Nerbudda River. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Webber' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View of a tamarind tree beside a path, with a European woman (possibly Webber's wife Matilda?) standing in its shade in the right foreground. The India figure standing in the left background, presumably a servant, is id...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1870
Extent:: 1 item

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