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1. Photo 1228(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(5)
Title:
Peepul tree, Hoshungabad. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Another study, in smaller format, of what appears to be the same tree seen in print 4. In this view a thatched hut can be seen in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1228(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(45)
Title:
The Forest Office at Puchmari [Pachmarhi]. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of forestry officers posed in front of a tent. The senior figure at a folding desk with papers, is identified as 'Peddi Naido Baboo.' Beside him stands a man identified as 'Ameen Oodeen,' with 'Kunta Pershad' seated on the ground writing. Other figures...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1228(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(60)
Title:
T. Webber, Taij Sing, Sirdar Khan. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Stereo half. Portrait of Thomas Wingfield Webber and two Indian servants.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865-1870
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1228(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(34)
Title:
[Indian Forest Trees No. 22.] Cordia mixa, 'sword tree.' Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of tree, with additional note written on album page beneath print: 'A handsome foliaged small tree with light durable timber used in Egypt for mummy cases. Leaves used in Burmah for rolling cigars.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1228(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(4)
Title:
Peepul tree, Ficus Indicus, Hoshungabad, TWW. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a peepul tree groing beside a pool or stream, with a number of religious objects placed among the roots at the base. Second copy (cropped) at print 25.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1228(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(10)
Title:
Konta Pershad. Tamarindus Indica. Old tamarind at Hoshungabad. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. Webber' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the tamarind tree, with a European woman (possibly Webber's wife Matilda?) standing beneath it on the right. The Indian servant identified as Konta Pershad stands in the left background. Another copy ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1228(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(13)
Title:
Forest Trees of India. No. 3. Bombax Heptaphylla—Cotton tree, Puchmurri [Pachmarhi], 'semul.' Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a large cotton tree, growing at the edge of a field. With additional note: 'This noble lofty tree is common all over the Peninsula. It is remarkable for its great height and its buttressed stem. Its bright red flowers and its cotton pods from which pillows a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1228(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(57)
Title:
T. W. Webber Forest Surveyor NWP. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length carte de visite portrait, holding a rifle and standing against a rocky background. Thomas Wingfield Webber (1836-1914), the compiler and principal photographer of the album in which this portrait appears, came to India in 1860 and was originally employed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865-1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1228(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(38)
Title:
[Indian Forest Trees, No. 25.] 'Pakur' tree, Urostigma or Ficus infectoria. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a ficus growing on lightly wooded hillside. With additional notes written on the album page beneath the print: 'This noble spreading fig tree is not as common as the peepul or banyan. It is quite as handsome as they are as an ornamental shade producing tree....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1228(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(12)
Title:
Forest Trees of India. No. 2. Shorea robusta—Sâl tree. Second best timber in India. Satpoora hills. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Forest scene, with a large sal tree in the centre. With additional note: 'The sal forests of India were most extensive covering great areas in Southern India, Central India, the east coast and there is a wide belt all along the foot of the Himalayahs from Bengal to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item