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1. Photo 1060(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(9)
Title:
Almora. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1060(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(11)
Title:
Almora Bazaar. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1060(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(21)
Title:
The Fort, Agra. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of the Agra Fort taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s. General view from the south-east. Built principally as a military establishment by Akbar (r.1556-1605) between 1565 and 1573, on the site of an earlier walled complex, the fort is considered...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1060(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(25)
Title:
Chuttur Munzil, Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Chattar Manzil, Lucknow, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, taken by Samuel Bourne c.1864. General view. The Chattar Manzil or Umbrella Palaces were built along the banks of the River Gumti, around 1814-1837. The Chattar Manzil consisted of a Bari (larger) Chattar Manzil and Cho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1060(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(19)
Title:
Hoomayoon's Tomb, Delhi. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
A photograph, from the 'Album of Indian Views', of Humayun's Tomb taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s. General view looking across the garden towards Humayun's Tomb. Built in 1565, the tomb of the second Mughal Emperor Humayun (r.1530-40 & 1555-56), was commssioned by his wife Haji Begum...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1060(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(22)
Title:
The Residency, Lucknow. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of the Residency at Lucknow, taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s. General view. The Residency Building, built c.1800 for the British Resident in Lucknow, was a key site of the Siege of Lucknow during the Uprising of 1857. Approximately 3000 Bri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1060(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(8)
Title:
Bheem Tal. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1060(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(12)
Title:
Srinuggur, Cashmere. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1060(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(5)
Title:
Nynee Tal looking west. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1060(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(6)
Title:
Nynee Tal looking south. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item