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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 430/84

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/84
Title:
Curzon Collection: Views of Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier. Photographer(s): Bird, Robert
Scope & Content:
Collection of 119 loose prints, captioned in pencil on the reverse, relating to Afghanistan. The material can be broken down into three distinct series as follows: Prints 1-7 Views of Kabul taken c. 1880 by an unidentified photographer. Prints 8-52 Series of small platinum prints originally co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880-1904
Extent:
129 items

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1 black full-leather, unpublished album (29 pages) containing 99 photographic prints pasted into volume (and one loose) with handwritten captions beneath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 430/8

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Photo 430/8(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(85)
Title:
'Telegraph Buildings at Reshire. 24. Feb. 1902'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This view from across a tilled field shows three large two-storey buildings. The caption indicates that these buildings are sited at Reshire (Reshīr), situated immediately south of Bushire (Būshehr) and the location of the Telegraph Station mentioned (and photographed) by S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1902
Extent:
1 b&w photographic print