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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 296 Digitised Content No Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296
Title:
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Collection: Photographs of India and Burma. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Collection in three parts, comprising an album of views of Burma by Felice Beato (Photo 296/1), and album of views of the Shillong Earthquake of 1897 by S. K. Chokraborty and Fritz Kapp (Photo 296/2), and 12 loose prints, including views of Belvedere, Calcutta (Photo 296/3). Sir Alexander Macke...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-c 1900
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 296/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1
Title:
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Collection: Album of Views of Burma. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Album bound in Burmese silk (in poor condition, with spine piece torn and covers loose), measuring 320x445mm. Prints mounted one per page with contemporary handwritten captions beneath each photograph. The album pages are fairly light and lack of support given to prints has led to bending and so...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
70 items

3. Photo 296/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/2
Title:
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Collection: 'Earthquake Views, 1897'. Photographer: Fritz Kapp
Scope & Content:
Brown half-leather album, measuring 368 mm x 480 mm, containing 51 mounted prints with handwritten captions; title stamped in gilt on front cover and with the photographer's address label pasted opposite Print 1. The prints depict buildings, railway lines, etc, destroyed or damaged in the earthq...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
51 items

4. Photo 296/2(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/2(1)
Title:
Mrs Engra's House, Calcutta. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a three-storey house damaged in the earthquake.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 296/2(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/2(2)
Title:
No 32 Chowringhee, Calcutta. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Rear view of a house damaged by the earthquake.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 296/2(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/2(3)
Title:
Puddupokur Phana, L.C. [Lower Circular] Rd, Calcutta. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Earthquake damage to a building.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 296/2(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/2(4)
Title:
No 9 Russell Street, Calcutta. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Earthquake damage to a building.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 296/2(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/2(5)
Title:
Town Hall, Calcutta. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Earthquake damage to the Town Hall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 296/2(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/2(6)
Title:
No 70 Bentinck St, Calcutta. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Earthquake damage to a building. Subjects = British colonial architecture; disasters; earthquakes; European architecture in India; private houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 296/2(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/2(7)
Title:
Baptist Chapel, L.C. [Lower Circular] Rd, Calcutta. Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Earthquake damage to the chapel. Subjects = British colonial architecture; churches; disasters; earthquakes; European architecture in India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item