[Military camp during manouevres, probably near Mhow.] Photographer: Townshend, John Charles
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Camp scene, presumably taken at the same location as prints 48-49. [Albumen print, 277x2099mm]. Subjects = British army; military (general); military camps; military exercises
Family group with servants,] Mhow (Central I.) 1892. Photographer: Townshend, John Charles
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Genre: Portrait Photography European family posed with carriage in front of a house, with servants. The two adult Europeans are identified as 'C.E.S.' and 'E.S.' (presumably Major and Mrs C.E. Sawyer). [Albumen print, signed 'Townshend Phot.' in the negative, 274x202mm]. Subjects = British a...
St John in the Wilderness, Nynee Tal. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
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A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of the Church of St John-in-the-Wilderness, Nainital taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s. View from the wooded hillside looking down onto the church. The Church of St John-in-the-Wilderness was built in 1846 in the Gothic style and has a dark-c...
Nynee Tal looking west. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
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A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of Nainital taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s shows the sacred lake which forms the focal point of the hill station. View looking along the lakeside road towards the main part of the town. The town was founded in 1841 and became the summer he...
Nynee Tal looking south. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
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A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of Nainital taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s shows the sacred lake which forms the focal point of the hill station. The town was founded in 1841 and became the summer headquarters of the colonial administration of the province. It was a popu...
The Cemetery, Nynee Tal. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
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A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of the cemetery at the Church of St John-in-the-Wilderness in Nainital taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s.View from the hillside looking down onto the cemetery to the south of the Church of St John in the Wilderness.
Photograph of Bhimtal, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, taken by John Edward Saché during the 1860s.View looking along the lake, with a temple in the foreground. Bhim Tal (Bhim Lake) is situated 22 km from Nainital in the Kumaon Hills. This area of Kumaon came under British rule after the Anglo...
Photograph of Almora, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, taken by John Edward Saché during the 1860s. General view looking over the town. Almora, situated on a horseshoe shaped hill, was the capital of the independent Hindu Kingdom of Kumaon until it was attacked and incorporated into the Gurkha ...
Photograph of the Almora Bazaar, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, taken by John Edward Saché during the 1860s. This view looks at a cobbled street of the bazaar, with figures seated in the foreground on the steps of a building with an elaborate carved wood balcony decorated with antlers.
Srinuggur, Cashmere. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
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A photograph, from the 'Album of Indian Views', of Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir taken by John Edward Saché during the 1860s. This view is along a canal lined with houses cantilevered out over the water. Some of the old timber houses with their sloping earth roofs survive even today.
