Major General Charles McLintock Cotton Collection: Album of portraits and views in India. Photographer(s): Unknown
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Half-leather bound album, measuring 370 x 285 mm, containing 67 prints, of military groups and topographical views. Locations include Mathura, Roorkee (Thomason Civil Engineering College and Ganges Canal), Delhi and Mussoorie. Major General Charles McLintock Cotton (1821-1900), Indian Army 1842...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of British residents, including women spectators,assembled for a hunt. Elephants and attendants as well as the camp are in the setting
[The preparation of elephants for a hunt, Mathura] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close up of two elephants. The elephant on the left is covered in an embroidered blanket with animal motifs and a howdah. The elephant on the right is being prepared with protective layers.