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Subject Cotton Gins

1. C.44.h.5, 2(411)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.44.h.5, 2(411)
Title:
Cotton machinery. Hibbert, Platt and Sons [at the Great Exhibition, London]. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
Scope & Content:
Close view of cotton spinning machinery on display at the Great Exhibition.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/52(4891)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4891)
Title:
The common cotton gin or 'churka', from Berar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography General view of wooden cotton gin. Photograph 'Enclosed in India Foreign Revenue Letter no. 23 Dec 22/66. Recd. Feb. 1867.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/52(4892)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4892)
Title:
Cotton stacks and 'churka' or cotton gin in operation, Berar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Showing a group of workers posed among piles of cotton. In the middleground two women operate a small churka or gin, while in the foreground a man is posed with a spinning wheel. Photograph 'Enclosed in India Foreign Revenue Letter no. 23 Dec 22/66. Recd. Feb. 1867.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/52(4896)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4896)
Title:
Non-photographic: Watercolour by a Bombay artist showing two men ginning cotton.
Scope & Content:
Shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 248, catalogue no. 201 (i).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

5. X.1067, 2(411)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 2(411)
Title:
Cotton machinery; Hibbert, Platt, and Sons. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of piece of machinery manufactured by Hibbert, Platt and Sons: 'In the exhibition of machinery for spinning, and its preparatory processes, Messrs. Hibbert, Platt, and Sons have taken the lead, by establishing and maintaining in operation a complete seri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

6. X.1067, 2(414a)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 2(414a)
Title:
Cotton machinery; Hibbert, Platt, and Sons. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of machinery: see note at preceding print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

7. X.1067, 2(414b)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 2(414b)
Title:
'Epurator;' machine for cleaning cotton; Risler. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of the machine: 'Mr. Risler (France, 1438), exhibits a machine, which he terms 'L'Epurateur,' for opening and cleaning cotton upon a new system, which promises great advantages … ' (p. 415).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item