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21. Photo 1228(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(25)
Title:
[Forest Trees of India.] Old peepul tree. Our compound Hoshungabad [and] Ficus religiosa. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of of a the base of a peepul tree and in the right foreground a Ficus religiosa (bo tree), growing beside a stream or pool near Webber's house at Hoshangabad. A number of religious artefacts are placed at the base of the peepul tree. Another copy of this image ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 1228(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(26)
Title:
[Forest Trees of India.] No. 15/2. ' Babul,' Acassia arabica - camel thorn [and] mango. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of tree growing on either side of a road.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 1228(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(29)
Title:
[Indian Forest Trees.] No. 17. Anogeissus acuminatus [acuminata], 'dhoura'. Puchmurri [Pachmarhi]. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of tree in lightly wooded ground. With additional note on album page beneath print: 'A beautiful small tree, Central Provinces.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 1228(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(30)
Title:
[Indian Forest Trees. No. 17.] Eugenia jambolana. Jamun tree. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a jamun tree growing beside a road. In the foreground stands a European identified as Major Hughes Hallett, standing beside a two-wheeled cart or 'ringi.' On the left is a larger cart, a timber gharree, loaded with wood. With additional note written on album...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 1228(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(31)
Title:
[Forest Trees of India. No. 18.] Bassia longifolia [Madhuca longifolia], hurrur. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the tree, growing in lightly wooded ground, with one of the tents of Webber's camp on the left. With an additional note written on the album page beneath the print: 'A useful dark grained timber. Its seeds afford a useful oil.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 1228(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(32)
Title:
[Forest Trees of India. No. 20]. Wild mango [and] 'Kahua,' Terminalia arjuna. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the two trees in a clearing, with a figure attending to camp duties in the middleground. With additional notes written on album page beneath the print: 'Mangifera indica. Well known 'mango' planted all over India for its fruit in groves and gardens. The wild...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 1228(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(33)
Title:
[Forest Trees of India. No. 21.] Bassia latifolia [Madhuca longifolia], mahua tree. Forest Officer's camp, Puchmari, Central Provinces. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Camp scene, with tents in a clearing, one tent pitched at the base of a mahua tree. A European man (probably Webber: compare print 57) sits reading in front of the tent on the left. The mahua is characterised in a note as 'a splendid handsome & shady tree.' With...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item

28. 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

29. Photo 1228(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(35)
Title:
[Indian Forest Trees, No. 23.] In the Boree [Bori] Forest Reserve, Hoshungabad district. Bamboo jungle [and] Tectona grandis, 'teak.' Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a forest clearing, looking towards a teak tree, with bamboo in left foreground. With additional notes written on album page beneath print: 'Bambusa vulgaris, commonplace all over India. Teak is the most valuable timber in India but little of the old timber r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 1228(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(36)
Title:
[Indian Forest Trees, No. 24.] Ficus or Urostigma religiosa. Peepul, the sacred tree, at Hoshungabad. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a peepul tree beside a stream or pool, probably taken, like print 25, in Webber's compound at Hoshangabad. With additional notes written on the album page beneath the print: 'This well known fig with beautiful heart shaped leaves and noble branching head doe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item