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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 440

1. Photo 440

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440
Title:
Two photograph albums of views of India, Burma and Singapore.
Scope & Content:
Two albums of views by an unknown compiler.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1911
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 440/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/1
Title:
Album of miscellaneous views including tea industry and sports. Photographer(s): J. A. Vellancey, H. A. Mirza and Sons and others
Scope & Content:
Black full-leather album, 190x255mm, containing mostly uncaptioned mounted prints. Nothing is known about the origins of this collection, which contains photographs covering a range of subjects and locations including: tea picking and processing in West Bengal, the Andaman Islanders, tennis, hor...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s-1911
Extent:
64 items

3. Photo 440/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/1(1)
Title:
[View of women and children picking tea.] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. Possibly by the same photographer identified in Print 5.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 440/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/1(2)
Title:
[Group of Andaman Islanders performing a dance.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd (attrib.)
Scope & Content:
Possibly the work of Bourne and Shepherd.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 440/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/1(3)
Title:
[Group of Andaman Islanders displaying body paint.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd (attrib)
Scope & Content:
Possibly the work of Bourne and Shepherd. Group of five women and a man.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 440/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/1(4)
Title:
[View of plantation workers hoeing tea.] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. An annotation below the print reads: 'J. A. Vellancey, Calcutta, 1909', probably the photographer responsible for this and other tea plantation prints in this collection, alt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 440/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/1(5)
Title:
[View of plantation workers picking tea.] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. The estate manager and two assistants are standing in the field (see Print 17 for portraits). An annotation below the print reads: 'Taken by J. A. Vellancey, Assam 1909'. Dup...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 440/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/1(6)
Title:
[Baskets of tea being weighed.] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. The photographer is almost certainly J. A. Vellancey.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 440/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/1(7)
Title:
[View of tea leaves spread out on trays in a withering house.] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. The photographer is almost certainly J. A. Vellancey.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 440/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/1(8)
Title:
[View of machine room where tea is rolled?] Photographer: Vellancey, J.A.
Scope & Content:
Probably in one of the gardens of the Buxa Dooars Tea Co Ltd (at Kalchini and Raimatang) in West Bengal, bordering Assam. The photographer is almost certainly J. A. Vellancey.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1909
Extent:
1 item