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1. Photo 1224/1(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(54)
Title:
Madras [visited 8th—11th November 1877]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View from the lighthouse looking northwards down onto and along the waterfront and harbour of Madras (Chennai), towards the jetty in the background and shipping at anchor in the roadstead beyond. A steamship has been driven onto the foreshore and lies beached in the shallows.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1224/1(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(56)
Title:
Madras [famine relief grain supplies on the beach]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking southwards along the beach, which is covered with sacks of grain for famine relief. This image is reproduced in William Digby, The famine campaign in Southern India (London, 1878), and there dated February 1877.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1877
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1224/1(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(57)
Title:
Madras. Famine stricken people. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Group of famine victims, posed in front of a thatched hut.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1877
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1224/1(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(58)
Title:
Madras. Famine stricken people. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Group of famine victims (men, women and children), posed in front of a plain background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1877
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1224/1(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(59)
Title:
Madras. Famine stricken people. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Group of famine victims (men, women and children), posed in front of a plain background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1877
Extent:
1 item