Sir George and Lady Beatrix Stanley. Sir George was Governor of Madras in the 1930s and acted as Viceroy of India in 1937. Photographer: Klein and Peyerl
[Copy of a painting] Fort at Lanka. King Ravana who held Sita, the wife of Rama, prisoner, until released by Hanuman and friends. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Note reads: 'Some 50 years ago in Madras I bought for a few Rupees the painting of which this is a photograph enlarged to the exact size of the original = 13½x10½. The V&A museum expressed the view that the painting had been made around 1800. It was sold at Sothebys about 20 years ago, [sign...
T. W. Barnard Collection: Album 'Presented to Capt T. W. Barnard, OBE, Camp Commandant, the Second Madras Provincial Rover Moot & Scouters Conference, Pachalappa's Residential College Grounds, Chatput, 27th to 30th December 1940'. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Black cloth covered post-bound album, 137x364mm, containing mounted prints, the majority with handwritten captions. Pages are interleaved with tissue and the title is on a label pasted on the front cover. A note on the front free endpaper reads: 'Rovers Moot & Scouters Conference 1940. 500 i...
Genre: Historical Events View of boys performing stetching exercises, the instructor is standing on a table at the front. T.W. Barnard is identified with an arrow. Subjects = Boy Scouts; camps; clubs and societies