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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 615(33)
Title:: The Lt Governor's Camp under some "Fan" Palm Trees. It is good only because it is in focus, but of course I do not wish to hand[?] it up as a specimen. Look at the carts & bullocks with a glass. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events The land looks too flat for this to be Darjeeling. Subjects = camps
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 615(15)
Title:: Another mountain torrent. I have in vain endeavoured to "catch" the running water. The only thing in photography which is more difficult is to catch a picture of an elephant. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 615(19)
Title:: The bed of the Runghett torrent. The foliage was beautiful here and the cool pools of water gentle[?] refreshing. The "Pathos" creeper over the tree in the centre is worth looking at with a glass. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 615(17)
Title:: A bridge constructed by my orders across the Runghoo torrent on a pathway leading to the mineral spring which I brought to the notice of the Government. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = bridges; river scenes
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 615(5)
Title:: The bed of the 'Runghoo' torrent close to Darjeeling. Under the trees in the centre of the picture was a favorite lunching place. The torrent is rushing down (like wool!) to the right among the gneiss boulders. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 615(1)
Title:: The house of my next door neighbours at Darjeeling (the Mrs Macdonells). I took the view one morning when we were starting for a picnic, the ponies are ready saddled and the men are waiting to take up the sedan chair. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events European group and servants outside a bungalow. Exhibited Museum of Sydney, Imagining India, 16 May - 17 August 1997. Subjects = British colonial architecture; bungalows; domestic life (European); European architecture in India; hill stations; private houses; servants
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 615(8)
Title:: The view of the Darjeeling church from my bed room window. The houses to the right are where my servants lived. You [?] it is washing day with me. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Caption continues: 'Over the church as far as the tree to the right the snowy mountains should appear in all their glory, but they would not come out'. Subjects = British colonial architecture; churches; European architecture in India; hill stations; servants
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 615(10)
Title:: Another view of my house taken from almost the same spot as the former, namely the verandah of the church. The upstairs room to the left was the Gordon Young's bed room, the room below it was the spare bed room. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Caption continues: 'My bearer is standing in their doorway'. 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 615(25)
Title:: View of the station of Darjeeling from Mr Halliday's house. My house just comes in to the right. The other houses are scattered over the mountain side. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography A further annotation to the right of the print reads: 'I have marked with a pencil where the snowy mountains showed themselves, but so indistinctly that I was obliged to "pick them out" again'. Subjects = hill stations
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1858
Extent:: 1 item

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