Archive Reference (shelfmark): Photo 125 / Material Type: Photographs - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/2(24)
Title:: [River scene, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Temple Collection; unidentified
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/2(25)
Title:: Huts & natives at Little Andaman [with M.V. Portman]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Andaman Islanders, posed in front of a thatched hut, with Maurice Vidal Portman standing in the centre. Portman (1860-1935) served in the Andamans from 1879-99, first as officer in charge of Andaman Homes, then as a superintendent. He was the ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s-1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/2(26)
Title:: [River scene, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Temple Collection; unidentified
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/2(27)
Title:: [River scene, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; local craft; river scenes; Temple Collection; transport; unidentified; water transport
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/2(28)
Title:: [Coast scene, Batti Malv, Nicobar Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View along a stretch of coast on Batti Malv, a small island in the Nicobar group south of Car Nicobar, with two whale boats rowing out of the bay in the middleground. This photograph is a platinum print; for a duplicate, printed as an albumen print, see print 32. P...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/2(29)
Title:: [Group of Andamanese or Nicobarese women.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Nicobarese (ethnic group); Temple Collection; unidentified
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/2(30)
Title:: Car Nicobarese. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of men and children of Car Nicobar, the most northerly of the Nicobar Islands. The central figure wears European clothes and several others in the group wear bowler hats. Subjects = acculturation; ethnic groups; Nicobarese (ethnic group); Templ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/2(31)
Title:: [Coastal scene, Batti Malv, Nicobar Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Temple Collection Location = Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Batti Malv; India
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/2(32)
Title:: Batti Malv coast [Nicobar Islands] - Landing only possible in a calm sea. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Duplicate of print 28, but printed on albumen rather than in platinum. The print shows clearly the rocky coastline that makes landing difficult. Subjects = Temple Collection Location = Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Batti Malv; India
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 125/2(33)
Title:: [Nancowry Harbour, Nicobar Islands.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View from a hillside looking down onto the entrance to the bay, with a jetty in the foreground. Prints 33-35 form a three-part panorama of the bay. Subjects = panoramas; Temple Collection
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

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