Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across tank towards the Calcutta School of Art. Subjects = British colonial architecture; education; European architecture in India; schools
[Student with carved wooden cabinet, Calcutta School of Art.] Photographer: Unknown
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Unidentified Indian student standing in the grounds of the Calcutta School of Art with an ornately carved wooden cabinet. Subjects = art schools; arts & crafts; education; furniture and furnishings; woodcarving
Genre: Architectural Photography Several votive stones piled against a wall. The picture was evidently used as an illustration in an unidentified work, a note beneath the image referring to 'Chap XI, inset no. 1 - p. 2 of M.S.' Subjects = religion; religion (Hinduism); votive stones
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across a wide river towards a large village set on the steep wooded hillside of the further bank. Location unknown. Subjects = river scenes; unidentified
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Viceroy Lord Elgin, family and official entourage in camp at Buxar during the spring tour of 1896. The Bishop of Calcutta, the Right Reverend Edward Ralph Johnson, is seated to the left of the Viceroy. For another photograph taken on the same oc...
[Locomotive on Sensation Rock on the Colombo-Kandy Railway, Ceylon.] Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the track towards the approaching locomotive, with vertical rock-face at the right and a sheer drop on the left. Subjects = locomotives; railway rolling stock; railways; transport Location = Ceylon; Sensation Rock; Sri Lanka