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1. Photo 50/1(30)

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Photo 50/1(30)
Title:
[Afridi tribesmen, probably near Fort Jamrud, North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Tribesmen posed at side of road, with hills beyond. Although the fort itself is not visible, some of the figures in the group also appear in print 27. Possibly photographed by Baker & Burke during Lord Mayo's visit to the North-West Frontier. Subjects = A...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 50/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(31)
Title:
[Afridi tribesmen, at Fort Jamrud, North-West Frontier Province.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Three figures, one posed in the act of aiming a jezail, grouped in front of the fort. Possibly photographed by Baker & Burke during Lord Mayo's visit to the North-West Frontier. Subjects = Afridis (ethnic group); Bellew Collection; ethnic groups; forts Locat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 50/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(33)
Title:
[The Brewery, Murree.] Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the muddy road leading up to the brewery, built in 1860 and probably seen here not long after its opening. The photograph is possibly by William Baker rather than Burke. Reproduced in Omar Khan, 'From Kashmir to Kabul. The Photographs of John B...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 50/1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(35)
Title:
[View in the Lal Bagh Gardens, Bangalore.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking across lawns in the Lal Bagh towards a single-storey European building flanked by two square towers. See also print 37. Subjects = Bellew Collection; public gardens
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 50/1(36)

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Photo 50/1(36)
Title:
[Railway Station at Beypore.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of two-storeyed brick verandahed building (presumably administrative offices) with the roofs of the railway platforms visible in background. Beypore, a few miles south of Calicut on the Kerala coast, was for a period the terminus of the Madras Railw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 50/1(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(37)
Title:
[View in the Lal Bagh, Bangalore.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the Lal Bagh Gardens, with a fountain in the foreground and a bandstand beyond. The photograph is taken from the tower of the building seen in print 35. Subjects = Bellew Collection; public gardens
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 50/1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(40)
Title:
[Portrait of Sher Ali Khan.] Photographer: Baker and Burke
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait, dressed in ornately-patterned coat, black woollen hat and holding sword. This appears to be the portrait listed in the Baker & Burke catalogue as 'The Amir, large size, standing, half figure'. See also Photo 27 (23), a similar portrait taken...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 50/1(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(41)
Title:
[Group of Ayaub's Ambassadors.] Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'B. Simpson 30' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography One of the series of Simpson's photographs marketed by Bourne and Shepherd. The Bourne & Shepherd catalogue describes the photograph as follows: 'Group, Ayaub's Ambassadors, Abdulla Khan sitting o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1881
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 50/1(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(45)
Title:
New Governor and Deputy Governor of Kandahar. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Afghan officials, the Governor and Deputy-Governor seated in the centre. Print unsigned but almost certainly by Simpson and marketed by Bourne & Shepherd (catalogue number 76).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1881
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 50/1(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(46)
Title:
Group of Hazaras [probably at Kandahar]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'B. Simpson 29' in the negative. Genre: Historical Events Group portrait of Hagara men and women, photographed on a verandah, probably at Kandahar.One of the series of views by Simpson marketed by Bourne and Shepherd.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item