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Subject Water transport

1411. WD4464(22a)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4464(22a)
Title:
The River Taptee, Surat, from Mr. Galway's house, 1857. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Tapti towards Surat Castle, with local craft moored in the foreground. The 'Bombay Almanac and Directory' for 1857 identifies William Galway as an engineer with the Baroda Railway Company, resident at Surat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

1412. Wf1/4622(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4622(6)
Title:
Assouan. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Nile riverbank at Aswan, with local craft beached in the foreground: 'The view is taken from the top of the hills opposite to Elephantine, but looking north. The town lies almost hid in a luxuriant grove of date palms; a long line of native tr...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1413. Wf1/4622(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4622(8)
Title:
Pharoah's Bed, Island of Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 27' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the riverbank, looking in a south-easterly direction towards the Kiosk of Trajan, the hypaethral temple more commonly known in the 19th century as Pharoah's Bed, with a boat moored at the riversi...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1414. Wf1/4624(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(1)
Title:
Traveller's boat at Ibrim [titlepage]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View from the bank of the Nile at Qasr Ibrim, looking across the river towards the hill fort on the far side, with a feluccah moored in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1415. Wq4/6069(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wq4/6069(8)
Title:
Workers on the 'Silent Highway.' Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two bargemen, posed on the deck of a Thames barge.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

1416. X.1067, 3(1307)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 3(1307)
Title:
India-rubber boat, pontoons, etc.; Goodyear. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View of India rubber boat and other items manufactured by Goodyear, on display in the exhibition hall. Print unsigned, but probably by Owen.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

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