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Subject Trees Level [40] File

361. 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

362. Photo 1228(18)

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

363. Photo 1228(19)

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

364. Photo 1228(20)

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

365. Photo 1228(21)

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

366. Photo 1228(22)

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

367. Photo 1228(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(23)
Title:
[Indian Forest Trees. No. 14.] Hardwickii [Hardwickia] binata. Unjun tree. Very hard & heavy timber. Central Provinces. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the tree standing in a grassy forest clearing. With additional note on album page beneath print: 'This is a tall graceful tree with delicate foliage not uncommon in the Narbadda valley. Its timber is harder, heavier & more durable than teak. It makes exc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

368. Photo 1228(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(24)
Title:
[Indian Forest Trees.] No. 15. Terminalia tomentosa. Saj tree. Boree [Bori] Forest. My camp. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of of a saj tree in a forest clearing, with Webber's tent on the right. With additional note on album page beneath print: 'Called 'asan' in Bengal. A very common beautiful & very lofty tree with very straight stem usually found with sal which it strongly re...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

369. Photo 1228(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(25)
Title:
[Forest Trees of India.] Old peepul tree. Our compound Hoshungabad [and] Ficus religiosa. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of of a the base of a peepul tree and in the right foreground a Ficus religiosa (bo tree), growing beside a stream or pool near Webber's house at Hoshangabad. A number of religious artefacts are placed at the base of the peepul tree. Another copy of this image ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

370. Photo 1228(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(26)
Title:
[Forest Trees of India.] No. 15/2. ' Babul,' Acassia arabica - camel thorn [and] mango. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of tree growing on either side of a road.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item