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1. 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1 black full-leather, unpublished album (29 pages) containing 99 photographic prints pasted into volume (and one loose) with handwritten captions beneath

2. Photo 430/75(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/75(19)
Title:
'Irene.' Photographer: unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Informal photograph of children on board the Arabia en route to Bombay. Mary Irene Curzon, the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Curzon, is at centre in a white bonnet and dress, looking towards the camera. With her a further three children stand, sit and lie nearby. A woma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1898
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

3. Photo 430/75(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/75(17)
Title:
'Xmas, Aden'. Photographer: unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Informal group photograph on the beach at Aden prior to departure for India. From left: Lord Suffolk [Henry Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk], A.D.C. to the Resident at Aden, Mr Meade, Mr Lawrence, Capt. Marker, Lord Curzon, Resident at Aden [Charles Alexander Cunningham or ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1898
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

4. Photo 430/75(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/75(18)
Title:
'Irene on board Arabia'. Photographer: unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Informal photograph of children on board the Arabia en route to Bombay. Mary Irene Curzon, the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Curzon, sits at centre in a white bonnet and dress. With her a further three children stand, sit and lie nearby. A woman in white kneels at left,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1898
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

5. Photo 430/75(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/75(6)
Title:
'Being carried to the launch from the Residency, Aden.' Photographer: unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View at Aden of Lady Mary Curzon being carried to the launch from the Residency in a type of sedan chair. Four servants carry the chair aloft across two poles at the centre of the image. A parasol, lined with black material and covered in white covers her head. Only the pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1898
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print