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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 10 Level [40] File

1. Photo 10/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/1
Title:
Reading Collection:'A Pictorial Record of the Royal Tour India 1921-22 prepared for presentation to H.E. the Earl of Reading P.C., G.C.B., G.M.S.I., G.M.I.E., K.C.V.O. by the Central Bureau of Information'.
Scope & Content:
Blue half-leather bound album measuring 277x370mm, with prints (the majority of snapshot size) mounted several to the page. Individual prints are uncaptioned, although the geographical location of each batch of prints is written on each page. Process = Gelatin silver prints. Photographers = ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1923
Extent:
292 items

2. Photo 10/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/2
Title:
Reading Collection: 'H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in Gwalior, 1922'.
Scope & Content:
Full leather album, 270x370mm, containing mounted prints with letterpress captions and some tissue interleaving. Gold stamped cover includes the title and a coat of arms. The inside front cover has a label which reads: 'Presented to the India Office Library by Lady Reading, 27 August 1958'. A sm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922
Extent:
72 items

3. Photo 10/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/3
Title:
Reading Collection: 'His Excellency The Viceroy Lord Reading in Gwalior. Nov. 1922'.
Scope & Content:
Full leather bound album in green and black, measuring 252x300mm, with title as above stamped in gold within decorative border. Prints mounted on page with letterpress captions pasted beneath. Tissue interleaving between pages. Inscribed on front free endpaper: 'With most respectable [sic] and s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922
Extent:
50 items

4. Photo 10/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/4
Title:
Reading Collection: 'Gwalior 1923'. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Red, quarter-leather album, 197x250mm, containing 20 mounted snapshot prints with lithographed captions. The album was rebound at the India Office Library in 1969. The title is stamped in gold on the spine and a label on the inside front cover reads: Presented to the India Office Library by Lady...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
20 items

5. Photo 10/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/5
Title:
Reading Collection: Views of Rampur.
Scope & Content:
Red, half-leather album, 310x410mm, containing mounted prints with letterpress captions. The album is untitled and in poor condition with broken binding and badly foxed and brittle mounts although the prints themselves are in reasonable condition. Prints are duplicated in Photo 36. The photogra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1911
Extent:
57 items

6. Photo 10/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/6
Title:
Reading Collection: Views of Benares.
Scope & Content:
Album measuring 313x395mm, with prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions pasted beneath. A specially made front cover carved from ivory has been fixed onto the original album cover. This consists of a panel with inset plaques containing views in relief of Benares scenes. The cover...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1883-c 1921
Extent:
41 items

7. Photo 10/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/7
Title:
Reading Collection: 'H.E. Lord Reading's Visit to Hyderabad 1923. Presented by The Nizam.' Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Black full leather bound album measuring 320x410mm, with title as above stamped in gold within decorative border and royal coat of arms. The majority of prints mounted one to a page, with typescript label captions pasted beneath. The album records Lord Reading's visit to Hyderabad in late Novemb...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
65 items

8. Photo 10/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/8
Title:
Reading Collection: The Lucknow Floods, 1923.
Scope & Content:
Red quarter leather bound album (modern library rebinding) measuring 280x400mm, with prints mounted on pages with letterpress captions and subject headings. The album was originally bound in black leather and the front cover is mounted on the front fixed endpaper of the new binding. The old cove...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
36 items

9. Photo 10/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/9
Title:
Reading Collection: 'The visit of their Excellencies the Viceroy and the Countess of Reading to Jamnagar, November 1924'.
Scope & Content:
Black, full-leather album, 360x480mm, containing mounted uncaptioned prints. The title and coat of arms are stamped in gold on the front cover along with the sub-heading: 'Photoes [sic] by Joshi & Vara by Special Appointment to H.H. the Maharaja Jam Saheb of Jamnagar'. The inside front cove...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1924
Extent:
147 items

10. Photo 10/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/10
Title:
Reading Collection: 'Souvenir of visit of Their Excellencies the Earl & Countess of Reading to Ajanta, Ellora & Daulatabad. 5th, 6th & 7th December 1924'. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-leather, red album, 360x460mm, with a yellow velvet border round the title which is stamped in gold. The album contains mounted prints with captions and the inside front cover has a label which reads: 'Presented to the India Office Library by Lady Reading, 27 August 1958'. The front free en...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1924
Extent:
80 items

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