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81. Photo 146/1(254)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(254)
Title:
Aguada, Goa, Portuguese India. Graves of British Officers. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Buried on the laterite plateau outside the fortress of Aguada during the British Occupation of Goa 1798-1815. These monuments had marble name plaques, but these have been purloined, probably for the domestic purpose of grinding curry powders. The British regiments, or detachments of them, statio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

82. Photo 146/1(302)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(302)
Title:
Angediva, The North Canara Coast. The reputed grave of Sir Abram Shipman. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
It is said it at one time had an inscription, but it is no longer there. The marble cross was in pieces and was propped up for this picture. By the time more positive orders arrived from Lisbon to admit the English to Bombay, of Shipman and his 400 men only Ensign Cooke and 117 other ranks were ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

83. Photo 146/1(303)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(303)
Title:
The reputed grave of Sir Abram Shipman. Angediva, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
It is said it at one time had an inscription, but it is no longer there. The marble cross was in pieces and was propped up for this picture. By the time more positive orders arrived from Lisbon to admit the English to Bombay, of Shipman and his 400 men only Ensign Cooke and 117 other ranks were ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

84. Photo 146/1(348)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(348)
Title:
Graves of three Englishmen by the roadside from the bunder to the town of Bhatkal. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Now a small and rather squalid townlet was formerly of importance. The Portuguese were the first Europeans here. Purchese, the English merchant, was here in 1613, and others followed without establishing a settlement until the Courteen Company, rivals of the original East India Company. Three of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

85. Photo 184(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 184(17)
Title:
Graf van Depati Olliah, Batoe Toelis (Buitenzorg) [grave of Depati Olliah, Batu Tulis, Bogor]. Photographer: Kinsbergen, Isidore van
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography 'Supposed grave of depati Olah, founder of the Pajajaran dynasty, the last Hindu kingdom in West Java. Batu Tulis, Bogor district, West Java province, 14 th century' [Note from catalogue list of series in Gerda Theuns-de Boer and Saskia Asser,' Isidore van Kins...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1863-Jun 1863
Extent:
1 item

86. Photo 392/28(412)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 392/28(412)
Title:
L.F. Graves at north-east end of cemetery ridge from south-east. [Fort on Mesa L.F., Lop Desert.] Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography PUBLISHED: 'Innermost Asia', vol. 1, fig 168: 'Wooden enclosure of grave L.F. 4 outside Post L.F., Lop desert.' (Location: 'Innermost Asia,' Map 32, A3). Location = China; Lop Desert (Stein Site L.F.); Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Feb 1914
Extent:
1 item

87. Photo 392/28(415)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 392/28(415)
Title:
L.F. Grave i [corrected in pencil to 2] with skeleton between boards. [Fort on Mesa L.F., Lop Desert.] Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Showing diggers grouped behind the partially unearthed boards containing the skeleton. PUBLISHED: 'Innermost Asia', vol. 1, fig 171: 'First grave opened on Mesa L.F., Lop Desert, with Loplik diggers.' The published version has been reproduced in reverse. The ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Feb 1914
Extent:
1 item

88. Photo 392/28(416)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 392/28(416)
Title:
L.C. Top of Mesa. [Burial ground on Mesa L.C., Lou-lan site, Lop desert.] Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography PUBLISHED: 'Innermost Asia', vol. 1, fig 159: 'Grave pits on top of Mesa L.C. after clearing. View obscured by effects of sand-storm.' (Location: 'Innermost Asia,' Map 29, D3). Location = China; Lou-lan site; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17 Feb 1914
Extent:
1 item

89. Photo 392/28(418)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 392/28(418)
Title:
L.F. Corpse L.F.IV, from left. [Mesa L.F., Lop desert.] Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
Scope & Content:
Close view of partially uncovered body. Note of back of print in red reads: 'Original negative now lost.' PUBLISHED: ' Innermost Asia', vol. 1, fig 172: 'Head of dead man found in grave L.F. 4, on Mesa L.F., Lop Desert. Head has been covered by canvas shroud; its edge tied into small bag is see...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Feb 1914
Extent:
1 item

90. Photo 392/28(421)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 392/28(421)
Title:
L.F. Corpse L.F.i from south-west. [Mesa L.F., Lop Desert.] Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the body, face uncovered, resting between planks. PUBLISHED: 'Innermost Asia', vol. 1, fig 173: 'Dead man found in grave L.F. 1 on Mesa L.F., Lop Desert. Canvas shroud lifted from head. The small basket seen above head was found outside shroud in corresponding position.'...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Feb 1914
Extent:
1 item

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