Walter Hawkins Nightingale Collection: Album of views and portraits in Shillong, before and after the 1897 earthquake.
Scope & Content:
Green full-leather album, 318 x 445 mm, containing mounted prints, the majority captioned by hand, from the collection of Walter Hawkins Nightingale, Public Works Department. The initials 'A. M. N.' are stamped in gold on the front cover. The photographs are mainly views of Shillong and its vici...
[Unidentified European group posed round a table, Shillong?] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Formal portrait of two men and a young woman. Probably connected in some way with Shillong, where W.H. Nightingale was Secretary to the Chief Commissioner. Subjects =
[View of Ashley Hall, W.H. Nightingale's residence, Shillong.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from garden. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; hill stations; private houses