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41. Photo 1253/1(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1253/1(58)
Title:
'Soldiers of the 72nd (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders) Regiment.' A heliograph team equipped with early Aldis lamps and signalling mirrors which were deployed for long-distance mountain-top to mountain-top communications back to Imperial India. Photographer(s): Burke, John (1843–1900)
Scope & Content:
View of sixteen men in uniform posing with signalling devices such as mirrors, lamps, flags and telescopes. There are tents and a building in the background. Facsimile of work photographed by John Burke, 1879. There is a marking 'Burke 271', lower left of the image. Printed by Simon Norfolk, 201...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2010-2011
Extent:
1 item

42. Tab.1283.a.1, 2(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.1283.a.1, 2(23)
Title:
Miroir de Marie de Medicis. Orfévrerie Italienne. Photographer: Vidal, Léon
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Coloured (photochrome) view of the mirror, set within a pedimented frame.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item