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1. Photo 247/3(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/3(21)
Title:
Steam wharf to the P.O.S.N. Comp., Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking across an area strewn with metal boilers and other equipment, towards a sailing ship moored in the background. A sheerlegs is in operation at the quayside.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/52(4892)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4892)
Title:
Cotton stacks and 'churka' or cotton gin in operation, Berar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Showing a group of workers posed among piles of cotton. In the middleground two women operate a small churka or gin, while in the foreground a man is posed with a spinning wheel. Photograph 'Enclosed in India Foreign Revenue Letter no. 23 Dec 22/66. Recd. Feb. 1867.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/52(4893)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4893)
Title:
The native loom or Mag, Berar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/52(4948)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4948)
Title:
Oil mill, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Bullock team grinding down contents of a large wooden tank to produce (coconut?) oil. The animals are attached to an arm which turns the base of the container. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, oc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 2(369)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(369)
Title:
[Resting by Water Pump.] Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Posed photograph of a man sitting by a water pump with jugs and pails positioned on the flagstone ground. Chemistry float-applied on paper 194 x 246 mm. Print torn in several places (image intact).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 2(526)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(526)
Title:
The Dockyards, Malta. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: N Dockyard - Malta [wording in reverse]. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from an elevated standpoint, looking down on a ship moored by the side of a dock, crane visible at right with town rooftops in the distance. Chemistry float-applied on paper 179 x 228 mm. Watermar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1845-Mar 1846
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 2(541)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(541)
Title:
[Old Capstan under a Rock.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
A discarded capstan left in pieces on a beach by the cliff-face. Negative sent to Talbot on 13 February, 1846. Chemistry float-applied on paper 93 x 112 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1845-Feb 1846
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 2(544)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(544)
Title:
[Pilings and Lines.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: 13 View of a wooden capstan with rope entwined and an anchor in the distance on the right, harbour doors in background. Chemistry float-applied on paper 99 x 114 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1845-Mar 1846
Extent:
1 item