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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1228 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 1228

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228
Title:
Photographs of Indian Forests and Forest Trees. Photographer(s): Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather and pebbled buckram album measuring 460 x 315 mm, containing 76 albumen prints and 2 watercolours, the majority mounted one to a page, with titles and descriptive notes in Wingfield's hand; front free endpaper inscribed in pencil, 'Thos. W. Webber Late Conservator of Forests...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870
Extent:
78 items

2. Photo 1228(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(1)
Title:
View in Cashmere [Dal Canal, Srinagar]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 827' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View along the tree-lined Dal Canal. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as, 'Srinuggur; foliage on the Dhul Canal.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1228(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(2)
Title:
View in Cashmere [sunset view on Lake Manusbul]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Bourne' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View across the Manus Bul Lake at sunset, with figures on the bank in the foreground. Unnumbered print, but probably no. 879 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue, 'Lake Manusbul, evening.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1228(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(3)
Title:
Muggers [crocodiles] on the Ganges. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View showing a large number of crocodiles basking beside a river a pool. This may show the crocodile tank at Magar Pir, north of Karachi, rather than the Ganges, as stated in the caption.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1228(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(4)
Title:
Peepul tree, Ficus Indicus, Hoshungabad, TWW. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a peepul tree groing beside a pool or stream, with a number of religious objects placed among the roots at the base. Second copy (cropped) at print 25.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1228(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(5)
Title:
Peepul tree, Hoshungabad. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Another study, in smaller format, of what appears to be the same tree seen in print 4. In this view a thatched hut can be seen in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1228(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(6)
Title:
Leith. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the water, possibly photographed by Webber.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1228(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(7)
Title:
Large oak tree at Dunkeld. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Print removed from album, leaving only fragments.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1228(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(8)
Title:
The larch trees at Dunkeld, planted 1780. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a stand of larches.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1228(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(9)
Title:
Our bungalow at Hoshungabad, Central Provinces, India, 1870. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the thatched bungalow, composed of three joined prints. With European women and servants on the right and horse-drawn carriage on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item