Lahore Fort. Old Armoury. Photographer: Bremner, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bremner 826' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the interior of the armoury, showing walls lined with breastplates,shields, swords and muskets.
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of a Pathan levy, armed with a sword and a small shield. Possibly a member of the Dir Levies.
Numbered 683 in the negative. Studio portrait, against a painted backdrop of a woodland scene, of two swordsmen dressed in protective clothes, engaged in a bout.
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Coloured (photochrome) view of the shield of Henri II, richly engraved in relief with battle scenes and other decoration. This image gives a good indication of the remarkable subtlety of colour rendition that this process was capable of supplying.