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1. Photo 889

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 889
Title:
Loose portrait photographs and groups from the collection of William Cecil Edwards, Indian Police
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose prints, the majority on card mounts, with handwritten captions on the reverse, most probably written by the donor, Mrs Pamela Hudson. The collection contains portrait groups relating to the social and professional life of William Cecil Edwards (1888-1934), Indian Police c.191...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1914-1934
Extent:
9 items

2. Photo 889(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 889(1)
Title:
[William Cecil Edwards with Indian group,] Pandharpur, March 1914. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Formally posed group portrait. Edwards, the only European in the group, is seated centre, wearing a garland of flowers. Subjects = Indian Police
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1914
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 889(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 889(2)
Title:
Group of the Maharaja of Navanagar and English friends. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group posed on steps leading up to a large bungalow. Sir Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, Maharaja of Navanagar 1933-66, stands in the centre ogf the group. Mary Edwards, wife of William Cecil Edwards, stands on the right of the Maharaja. Photograph presumably tak...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1933
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 889(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 889(3)
Title:
Signed portrait of Sir Natwarsinghji Bhavsinghji, Maharaja of Porbandar. Photographer: Syed, K.L.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Indian rulers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 889(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 889(4)
Title:
Hunting group with dead lion, Gir Forest. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Mixed Indian and British group posed with dead lion. William Cecil Edwards stands at the extreme right of the group. A note on the reverse identifies the figure fourth from right as Sir Richard Sykes, for whom the lion shoot was held. Subjects = hunting; hunting gr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 889(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 889(5)
Title:
Indian Police group, location unknown. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group portrait, in uniform, of Indian Police officers. A handwritten key beneath the print identifies the sitters as follows: Needham, Sharpe, Lynch-Blosse, Herapath, Haplam, [?]d'Maule Cole, Barnard, Smith, Trotter, Page, W.C. Edwards, Baslehurst, Stewart, La...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 889(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 889(6)
Title:
Indian Police group, location unknown. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group portrait of Indian Police officers and wives, in civilian clothes. A handwritten key beneath the print identifies the sitters as follows: Coghlan, [?]d'Maule Cole, Ray, Reverett, Barnard, Bennett, Edwards, Turner, Wilson, Orr, Herapath, Farrant, Mrs Edwa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 889(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 889(7)
Title:
Portrait of Sir Mahabat Khan, Nawab of Junagadh. Photographer: Joshi and Vara
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing studio portrait, with a seascape backdrop and a bull terrier at his feet. Inscribed on mount, 'Yours v. sincerely Mahabat Khan Oct 30th 1934.' Probably photographed at Jamnagar. Subjects = Indian rulers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 889(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 889(8)
Title:
Group photograph with William Cecil Edwards, Junagadh. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Showing Edwards, garlanded, seated in the centre of a large group, all Indian apart from one unidentified European figure seated beside him. A sign behind the group reads 'State Garage Junagadh'. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1935
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 889(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 889(9)
Title:
Group of the Nawab of Junagadh and William Cecil Edwards with officers of the Junagadh Infantry. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait taken in front of the Mahabatkhanji Infantry Quarter Guard after the Nawab's inspection. The following sitters are identified in the typescript key beneath the print: Colonel Sardarsingh (Private Secretary to the Nawab), Mr Cadell (Diwan), Sir Mahabat ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
11 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 item