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032-003091915 Name Nicholas and Company

1. Photo 472/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1
Title:
Sir Geoffrey Ramsden Collection: Views in South India and Burma. Photographer(s): Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Red full-leather bound album (some scuffs and tears and spine piece detached), measuring 330x390mm. Inscribed on front free endpaper, 'H. F. S. Ramsden, Madras Staff Corps, Madras, Nov. 83.' A later note, in ballpoint pen, reads, 'All, or nearly all, photos taken in India. Should go to India Off...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1880s
Extent:
49 items

2. Photo 472/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(14)
Title:
St Thomas' Mount from Marmalong Bridge, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of St Thomas from the Marmalong Bridge across the Adyar. In the foreground is a busy scene of dhobis washing linen in the river. Subjects = dhobis; occupations; Ramsden Collection; river scenes Location = Adyar (river); Chennai; India; Madras; Tamil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 472/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(36)
Title:
Wellesley Bridge, Seringapatam. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the north bank of the Cauvery. Subjects = bridges; Ramsden Collection; river scenes Location = India; Karnataka; Kaveri (river); Seringapatam; Shrirangapattana
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 472/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(16)
Title:
A lane in Nungumbankum, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Path leading through thick vegetation and palm trees in the area immediately south of the Cooum River and west of Triplicane.. Subjects = Ramsden Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 472/1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(40)
Title:
Lady's Seat, Shevaroys. [Yercaud.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = hill stations; Ramsden Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 472/1(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(39)
Title:
Shevaroyen, from Yercaud. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the Shevaroy Hills, with the lake in the foreground. Subjects = hill stations; Ramsden Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 472/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(8)
Title:
The beach from the Harbour [Madras]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View form the pier looking landwards across the enclosed harbour. Subjects = ports; Ramsden Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 472/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(34)
Title:
Passage in Temple [Minakshi Sundaeshvara Temple, Madura]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Showing temple sculpture on the pillars inside a mundapa in the temple. Subjects = architectural elements; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); mandapas; Ramsden Collection; temples; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 472/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(38)
Title:
From Pagoda Point, Shevaroy Hills. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View at Yercaud looking across a landscape of cultivated fields towards hills. With a small village of circular thatched houses in the foreground. This is presumably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as 'Valley below Pagoda Point showing a Malayal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 472/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 472/1(7)
Title:
Mowbray Road, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the tree-lined road. Subjects = Ramsden Collection; street scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item