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11. Photo 615(32)

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Photo 615(32)
Title:
Such a pretty place near Darjeeling where we used to go and fish. Please look at the foliage. Do you see Mr Gordon Young sitting under the end of the little shed in which we used to dine. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 615(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 615(21)
Title:
View of the Darjeeling bazaar from my house. The long shacks are the native shops. The house in the left centre is Dr Campbell's. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = hill stations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 615(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 615(2)
Title:
A view taken in a Lepcha village just below my house, it gives a good idea of the "style of architecture" of the hill villages. The old lady with the ornaments round her neck was delighted when I asked her to sit for her portrait. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Lepchas (ethnic group); rural life; villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 615(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 615(6)
Title:
Another view from Mr Gordon Young's verandah, you just have a peep of Dr Campbell's greenhouses below, in the centre of the picture. My bearer is sitting on the ground to the right. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = hill stations; servants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 615(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 615(11)
Title:
A pretty pool among the rocks of one of the numerous hill streams. The picture gives you but a poor idea of the sparkling brightness of the water. My "photographic men" are seated among the rocks. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; servants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 615(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 615(22)
Title:
Another view, very much like a former one, of Dr Campbell's grounds from Mr Gordon Young's verandah. You can just see the church and the gable ends of my house in the right hand top corner. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = hill stations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 615(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 615(23)
Title:
Yet another view almost like the last. The white road to the right is the Darjeeling Mall, which you see wending away up towards my house. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = hill stations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 615(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 615(27)
Title:
A group of Tartars who used to attend my Court on business. One wanted some land, another had fallen out with his friend and a third had lost his wife and wanted me to find her. Perhaps you are not surprised that wives run away from such ugly men! Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Tartars
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 615(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 615(28)
Title:
A near view of the house in which I lived at Darjeeling. Mr Gordon Young and his boy are standing in the verandah. My bearer is standing in front of the sedan chair. You [?] cannot see him but it is exactly like him! Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption continues: 'The other man against the wall is Mr G.Y.'s bearer'. Subjects = British colonial architecture; bungalows; European architecture in India; hill stations; private houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 615(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 615(16)
Title:
A favorite fishing spot at the bottom of one of the deep valleys near Darjeeling, we used often to come here for tiffin. It was so cool and shady and such luxuriousness of foliage. The wild plantain tree is very prominent with its large leaves. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Caption continues: 'We used to sit on the rustic bridge in the foreground and catch small trout which were very good if put quickly into the frying pan. The mountains rose almost perpindicularly on all sides and the sun hardly reached the water'. Subjects = fishin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item