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032-003096697 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 501

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 501
Title:
Charles Frederick Sykes Collection: Photographs of India and Scotland.
Scope & Content:
Collection in three parts (Photo 501/1-3), comprising three albums of views of India and Scotland. Charles Frederick Sykes trained at the Royal Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, and subsequently served as an engineer in India until his retirement in 1906.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 501/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 501/2
Title:
Charles Frederick Sykes Collection: Album of Indian views. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Black half leather bound album measuring 280x390mm, spine piece missing and album block loose. The album contains views of the Royal Engineering College at Cooper's Hill, Calcutta, Lahore, Peshawar, Nowshera, Amritsar, Murree, Kashmir, Simla, Naini Tal, Agra, Sikandra, Delhi, and Lucknow. The ph...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
89 items

3. Photo 501/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 501/1
Title:
Charles Frederick Sykes Collection: Album of railway construction views Photographer(s): Dadabhoy, M.
Scope & Content:
Red half-leather bound album, covers detached from album block, measuring 300x385mm, titled 'Scrap Book' in gold on spine. Apart from the minority of prints which are captioned in the negative, the photographs are untitled and the location of many of the views is unknown. The contents of the alb...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
49 items

4. Photo 501/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 501/3
Title:
Charles Frederick Sykes Collection: Album of views mainly in Scotland. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Black half-leather bound album, 277x378mm, spine piece missing and album block loose. The letters 'C.F.S.' are stamped in gold on the front cover. The album contains general topographical and architectural views in Scotland and England and scenes of construction work on the Tay Bridge. Prints 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 501/2(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 501/2(23)
Title:
Baramoola, Kashmir. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the wooden bridge across the Jhelum. Subjects = bridges; river scenes; Sykes Collection Location = Baramula; India; Jammu and Kashmir; Jhelum (river)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 501/2(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 501/2(22)
Title:
Mozufferabad, Kashmir road. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Wooden cantilever bridge across the Jhelum at Muzaffarabad. Subjects = bridges; river scenes; Sykes Collection Location = India/Pakistan disputed territory; Jhelum (river); Kashmir; Muzaffarabad
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 501/2(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 501/2(30)
Title:
Sonamarg, 1888. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography River scene in the Sind Valley, looking towards the peak of Sonamarg. Subjects = river scenes; Sykes Collection Location = India; Jammu and Kashmir; Sind (river); Sonamarg
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 501/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 501/2(13)
Title:
Lahore. The Fort. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of outer walls of fort. Subjects = forts; Sykes Collection Location = Lahore; Pakistan; Punjab; Punjab (Pakistan)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 501/2(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 501/2(64)
Title:
Bhim Tal, 1889. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down on dam at head of the lake at Bhim Tal. Subjects = dams; reservoirs; Sykes Collection; water supplies Location = Bhim Tal; India; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 501/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 501/1(16)
Title:
Sukkur Bunder Ferry. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = locomotives; North-Western State Railway; rail ferries; railway companies; railway rolling stock; railways; Sykes Collection; transport; water transport Location = Pakistan; Sindh; Sukkur
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item