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1. Photo 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15
Title:
Elgin Collection: photographs relating to the Viceroyalty of Lord Elgin. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Collection of Victor Alexander Bruce (1849-1917), Ninth Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Viceroy of India 1894-99. The collection comprises 10 volumes of photographs, the majority (Photo 15/1-7) relating to the Viceroy's tours between 1894-98 and also including newspaper cuttings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1890s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 15/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/9
Title:
Elgin Collection: The Tirah Expeditionary Force. Photographer(s): Bengal Sappers and Miners
Scope & Content:
Dark green full leather bound album measuring 315 x 405 mm, with prints mounted on page with letterpress captions pasted beneath. The sixty prints in the album are a selection of some 291 photographs offered for sale in the catalogue issued by the Photo School of the Bengal Sappers and Miners at...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897-1898
Extent:
60 items

3. Photo 15/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/3
Title:
Elgin Collection: 'Autumn Tour 1895. Vol. I'. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Green half leather bound album measuring 450 x 380 mm, with title as above on leather label laid down on front cover. Prints are pasted down on page with handwritten captions, interspersed with newspaper cuttings relating to the Viceroy's tour. Prints 1–17 are architectural views at Simla, Agra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
51 items

4. Photo 15/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/7
Title:
Elgin Collection: The Gohna Lake Floods. Photographer(s): Hira Khan
Scope & Content:
Red quarter-leather album (rebound) measuring 272 x 365 mm, with prints mounted on page with letterpress captions and photographer credit. Prints 1–43 are credited to 'Overseer Hira Khan', prints 44–60 to 'H.S. Wildeblood, Ex. Engr.', with an additional note that Wildeblood's negatives have been...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
60 items

5. 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

6. Photo 15/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/2
Title:
Elgin Collection: 'Autumn Tour 1894'. Photographer(s): Bremner, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather bound album, with title as above on leather label laid down on front cover. Prints pasted down on page with handwritten captions beneath and interspersed with newspaper clippings relating to the Viceroy's tour of 1894. The main events covered in the album are Lord Elgin's vis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
24 items

7. Photo 15/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/4
Title:
Elgin Collection: 'Autumn Tour 1895. Vol II'. Photographer(s): Burahnudin, M.
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather album, 455 x 370 mm, containing photographs, newspaper cuttings, addresses of welcome and programmes from the Viceroy Lord Elgin's tour of South India in 1895. All the prints have handwritten captions and the title is stamped in gold on a leather label on the front cover.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
45 items

8. Photo 15/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/5
Title:
Elgin Collection: 'Autumn Tour 1896'. Photographer(s): Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Blue full-leather album, measuring 510 x 380 mm, with the title stamped in gold on the front cover. It contains photographs, newspaper cuttings, addresses of welcome, programmes and a map of the tour. The majority of prints have handwritten captions. The album covers visits of the Viceroy to Alw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1896
Extent:
58 items

9. Photo 15/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10
Title:
Elgin Collection: Album of Indian trades and occupations. Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound album measuring 305 x 390 mm with prints mounted one or two to the page and captioned in the negative. The album contains a fine selection of portrait studies of Indian types and occupations all, with the exception of print 60, from northern India. Prints 1–39, by an un...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1890s
Extent:
61 items

10. Photo 15/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6
Title:
Elgin Collection: 'Autumn Tour 1898'. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Green full leather bound album measuring 457 x 370 mm, with title as above stamped in gold on front cover. Prints pasted on page with handwritten captions, interspersed with newspaper cuttings relating to places visited. Apart from a few prints at the beginning of the volume recording the Vicero...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898
Extent:
68 items

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