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032-003184143 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 1180

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180
Title:
The Cultivation of Jute in Bengal. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Collection of 89 prints in four albums (Photo 1180/1-4), documenting the cultivation, processing and preparation for export of jute. These views were probably taken in East Bengal (present-day Bangladesh). Many of the views in the collection are reproduced as plates in D. R. Wallace, The Romance...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:

Four albums, 89 items

2. Photo 1180/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1
Title:
Jute (cultivation and preparation). Vol. I. Johnston and Hoffmann, Calcutta. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Commercially produced photograph album (volume one of four), measuring 210 x 310 mm, half-bound in blue and green cloth, with title as above stamped in gilt on upper board. The volume contains 25 gelatin silver prints, mounted one to a page on card (recto only), with letterpress captions printed...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
25 items

3. Photo 1180/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/3
Title:
Jute (its manufacture). Vol. III. Johnston and Hoffmann, Calcutta. Photographer(s): Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Commercially produced photograph album (volume three of four), measuring 208 x 305 mm, half-bound in blue and green cloth, with title as above stamped in gilt on upper board. The volume contains 22 gelatin silver prints, mounted one to a page on card (recto only), with letterpress captions print...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
22 items

4. Photo 1180/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/4
Title:
Jute. (Baling for export). Vol. IV. Johnston and Hoffmann, Calcutta. Photographer(s): Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Commercially produced photograph album (volume four of four), measuring 208 x 310 mm, half-bound in blue and green cloth, with title as above stamped in gilt on upper board. The volume contains 22 gelatin silver prints, mounted one to a page on card (recto only), with letterpress captions printe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
22 items

5. Photo 1180/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/2
Title:
Jute (assorting and baling). Vol. II. Johnston and Hoffmann, Calcutta. Photographer(s): Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Commercially produced photograph album (volume two of four), measuring 210 x 305 mm, half-bound in blue and green cloth, with title as above stamped in gilt on upper board. The volume contains 20 gelatin silver prints, mounted one to a page on card (recto only), with letterpress captions printed...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
20 items

6. Photo 1180/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(11)
Title:
Cutting jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing four agricltural workers cutting full-grown jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1180/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(25)
Title:
Drumming jute (the complete drum). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann..
Scope & Content:
Close view of a finished and bound 'drum' of jute (see prints 21-24 for the procedure involved).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1180/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(4)
Title:
Sowing jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing an agricultural labourer sprinkling seed on prepared ground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1180/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(17)
Title:
Washing jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing two agricultural workers washing bundles of cut jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1180/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(15)
Title:
Retting jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing a worker, standing waist-deep in the water, in the process of retting bundles of jute. Retting involves moistening and softening the jute to promote bacterial action, in order to facilitate separation of the fibres from the woody tissue by beating.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item