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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 430 Name Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, politician and traveller, 1859-1925

1. Photo 430

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430
Title:
Curzon Collection
Scope & Content:
Collection of eighty-nine albums and batches of prints recording the career of George Nathaniel Curzon (1859-1925), 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1899–1905. Elements Photo 430/1 141 prints Album, Eton photographs, 1876-78. Photo 430/2 94 prints Album, 'Afghan War 1878-7...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1904
Extent:
89 albums of photographic and other material

2. Photo 430/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8
Title:
'South Persia'. Photographer: Lt. A. A. Crookshank (Curzon Collection)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains landscape and architectural views of South Persia and the Persian Gulf coastline. The photos are presented initially by location (Muscat, Jask, Bandar Abbás, Niríz, Yezd, Isfahan to Shiráz Road, Pasargadae, Naksh-i-Rustam, Naksh-i-Rajab, Persepolis, Shir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1900-15 Apr 1902
Extent:
119 b&w photographs bound into a maroon and red half leather album

3. Photo 430/75

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/75
Title:
Curzon Collection: Curzon's first year as Viceroy
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains informal snapshots and work by professional photographers, showing views of various interiors, viceregal functions and events, together with landscape views of: Bombay, Lucknow, Calcutta, Barakpur, Mashobra, Bhopal, Benares, Narkanda, Delhi, Gwalior, Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898-1900
Extent:
1 black full-leather, unpublished album (29 pages) containing 99 photographic prints pasted into volume (and one loose) with handwritten captions beneath

4. Photo 430/78

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/78
Title:
Curzon Collection: 'Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1903. Of His Majesty King Edward VII. Viceroy. Baron Curzon of Kedleston, P.C., G.M.S.I., G.M.I.E.' (Crookshank)
Scope & Content:
Imprint: The Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1903 (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1903) Genre/Subject Matter: The volume is a specially published edition, under the imprint of Bourne and Shepherd and printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London. The title page and four page introduction are followe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 red full-leather, published album (207 pages) containing 133 photographic lightly tipped onto album pages with letterpress captions preceding.

5. Photo 430/78(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/78(3)
Title:
'His Excellency The Right Honourable George Nathaniel Baron Curzon, P. C., G. M. S. I., G. M. I. E. Viceroy and Governor-General of India.' Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Full-length standing studio portrait of Lord Curzon, wearing viceregal robes. Curzon stands on a richly patterned carpet before a painted studio backdrop depicting an arch and various floral, textile and architectural motifs. He holds a bicorn (cocked hat) in his left ha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print