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91. Photo 1168/1(92)

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Photo 1168/1(92)
Title:
Lord Mayo and Ameer Shere Ali in Durbar [at Ambala]. Photographer: Taylor, Clarence Comyn
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Lord Mayo and staff, seated with the Amir of Afghanistan, Sher Ali Khan, at the durbar held at Ambala in March 1869. The heads of the figures of Mayo's staff seated in the right front row, appear to have been montaged onto the body. For a variant of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

92. Photo 1168/1(93)

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Photo 1168/1(93)
Title:
The Old Fort, Calcutta. Approximate site of the notorious 'Black Hole.' Photographer: Saché and Westfield
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Photographers' wet stamp, reading 'Saché & Westfield Photographers Waterloo Street Calcutta,' on reverse of mount. Genre: Architectural Photography View showing an inner court or piazza of the old fort, looking towards thick brick arches. Prints 93 and 95 are clearly the two p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

93. Photo 1168/1(94)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(94)
Title:
Treasury Buildings, from Government House [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from an upper storey of Government House, looking westwards across Government Place towards the Telegraph Office, with the masts of shipping in the Hugli visible above the rooftops beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

94. Photo 1168/1(95)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(95)
Title:
[The Old Fort, Calcutta, approximate site of the 'Black Hole.'] Photographer: Saché and Westfield
Scope & Content:
Inscription: With photographers' wet stamp reading, 'Saché & Westfield Photographers Waterloo Street [Calcutta]' on reverse of mount. Genre: Architectural Photography View of a brick archway in the old fort, also seen in the companion photograph at print 93. Prints 93 and 95 are clearly th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

95. Photo 1168/1(96)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(96)
Title:
Calcutta, Peninsular and Oriental Company's Wharf and Agent's Residence. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along pathway running along the Hugli waterfront at Diamond Reach, with the ionic portico of the agent's house on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

96. Photo 1168/1(97)

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Photo 1168/1(97)
Title:
Calcutta. Cossipore after the Cyclone. Photographer: Baker, F. W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking along the Hugli at Cossipur in the aftermath of the 1864 cyclone, showing sailing ships wrecked on the riverbank and houses beyond. Photograph uncredited, but tentatively attributed to F. W. Baker, who is known to have taken a series of views of the cyclone...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1864-Oct 1864
Extent:
1 item

97. Photo 1168/1(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(98)
Title:
Calcutta. St James Theatre after the Cyclone. Photographer: Baker, F. W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of the wreckage of the theatre after the 1864 cyclone. Photograph uncredited, but tentatively attributed to F. W. Baker, who is known to have taken a series of views of the cyclone (see Sothebys Photograph Sale, 2 May 1997, lot 327, for an album of views by Baker s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1864-Oct 1864
Extent:
1 item

98. Photo 1168/1(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(99)
Title:
Calcutta. Russell Street from Middleton Row. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking westwards from Middleton Row towards Russell Street, with a large garden in the foreground and European residential houses beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

99. Photo 1168/1(100)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(100)
Title:
Calcutta. The results of the Cyclone. Photographer: Baker, F. W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking along a path, strewn on either side with fallen and denuded trees, with a thatched house in the right background. Photograph uncredited, but tentatively attributed to F. W. Baker, who is known to have taken a series of views of the cyclone (see Sothebys Pho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1864-Oct 1864
Extent:
1 item

100. Photo 1168/1(101)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(101)
Title:
Canal near Calcutta, Tollygunge. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the Tolly's Nullah, lined on either bank with local craft, towards a European style house and the Kali Temple in the distance; with the thatched huts of an Indian village in the right foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item