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1. Photo 15/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/1
Title:
Elgin Collection: 'Spring Tours 1894–98'. Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Brown full leather bound album measuring 457 x 380 mm containing prints mounted on page with newspaper cuttngs and other related ephemera. Some prints have handwritten captions, a number are captioned in the negative, the remainder uncaptioned. The majority of albums in the Elgin Collection deal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
100 items

2. Photo 15/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/1(7)
Title:
Their Excellencies leaving the Railway Station, G[a]ya. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Viceregal carriage emerging from porte-cochère of the flag-bedecked railway station. Crowds at roadside. Viceroy not visible in carriage. Subjects = auxiliary forces; Bihar Light Horse; British colonial architecture; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
30 Mar 1895
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 15/1(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/1(73)
Title:
Government House, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from south-west. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; government houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 15/1(89)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/1(89)
Title:
[North front of Government House, Barrackpore.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; government houses Location = Barakpur; Barrackpore; India; West Bengal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 15/1(90)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/1(90)
Title:
[Banyan tree, probably in Barrackpore Park.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = banyans; Elgin Collection; trees & plants Location = Barakpur; Barrackpore; India; West Bengal
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 15/1(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/1(65)
Title:
Mahassoo [near Simla]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the road running through the village. Subjects = Elgin Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 15/1(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/1(81)
Title:
[Council Room, Government House, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Similar to preceding print, but with heavy curtains over doorways. Photograph probably by Bourne & Shepherd. Second copy neg at B.22486 Subjects = British colonial architecture; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; government houses; interiors
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 15/1(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/1(88)
Title:
Government House, Barrackpore Park. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Looking across the lake towards the pedimented facade of the south front. A late print (1890s) of a Bourne photograph. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; government houses Location = Barakpur; Barrackp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 15/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/1(6)
Title:
Viceregal escort, furnished by the Behar Light Horse at Gaya. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Drawn up outside the railway station, awaiting the Viceroy's arrival. Subjects = auxiliary forces; Bihar Light Horse; Elgin Collection; Indian Army; military (general); viceregal tours; volunteers Location = Bihar; Gaya; India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
30 Mar 1895
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 15/1(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/1(98)
Title:
[Viceregal group with Sir Krishnaraja Wadiyar, Maharaja of Mysore.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography The young Maharaja (b.1884) seated between Lord and Lady Elgin, with uniformed officials grouped behind. Location unknown. Subjects = Elgin Collection; Indian rulers; viceroys
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item