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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 615

31. Photo 615(31)

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Photo 615(31)
Title:
Kowar Sing the Arrah rebel. The man who so nearly destroyed all the English inhabitants of Arrah. He used to come and sit with me in my tent for hours when I was travelling with the Lt Govr and it was during one of these interviews that I took this[?]. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'The old villian! He did nothing but protest to me that he was the most faithful ally the British were ever likely to have'. Subjects = Indian office holders; minor chiefs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 615(32)

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Photo 615(32)
Title:
Such a pretty place near Darjeeling where we used to go and fish. Please look at the foliage. Do you see Mr Gordon Young sitting under the end of the little shed in which we used to dine. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 615(33)

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Photo 615(33)
Title:
The Lt Governor's Camp under some "Fan" Palm Trees. It is good only because it is in focus, but of course I do not wish to hand[?] it up as a specimen. Look at the carts & bullocks with a glass. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events The land looks too flat for this to be Darjeeling. Subjects = camps
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 615(34)

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Photo 615(34)
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"You must fancy us on a Sunday morning going along the road in front then turning to the left up the hill & so on to church. The house to the right of the church is the one in which I lived when Superintendent of Darjeeling," [signed] H.C.J. Augt 20th. Photographer: James, Henry Curry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of Darjeeling enclosed within a painted floral border. Subjects = hill stations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 615(35)

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Photo 615(35)
Title:
Tomb of Colonel John William Hessing, Brother in law of General Perron (whose wives were Madeline & Anna Derridon[?]), in a disused Catholic cemetery at Agra. Colonel Hessing gave up the fort at Agra to the English under Lord Lake in [1803]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption is signed 'W. Stewart Sutherland, Jan 10th 1897'. Massive mausoleum in Mughal style. John Hessing (1740-1803), was born in Holland and went to India in 1764; employed in various native courts and was was made Commandant of Agra Fort in 1800. Subjects =...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 615(36)

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Photo 615(36)
Title:
[Unidentified English church.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item