Royal souvenirs - mainly letters to Lord and Lady Morton [parents of Burne's second wife] from members of the royal family; with newspaper cuttings relating to Burne's visits to Queen Victoria, including one to report on the assassination of Lord Mayo.
Photographs illustrating Thugee method of attacking victims. Photographer: Unknown
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Six loose albumen prints laid down on card mounts measuring 190 x 304 mm, each with the wetstamp of the Government School of Industry, Jubbulpore and signed B. Rogers, Captn., Superintendent. The collection comprises two copies of each of three posed reconstructions of the characteristic method ...
Thugee No. 1. Following the victim. Photographer: Unknown
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Inscription: Wet stamp on mount reading 'Government School of Industry Jubbulpore,' and signed 'B. Rogers Captain Superintendent.' Posed photograph showing two Thugs approaching an unsuspecting man from behind.
Thugee No. 1. Following the victim. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Wet stamp on mount reading 'Government School of Industry Jubbulpore,' and signed 'B. Rogers Superintendent.' Duplicate of print 1, a posed photograph showing two Thugs approaching an unsuspecting man from behind.
Inscription: Wet stamp on mount reading 'Government School of Industry Jubbulpore,' and signed 'B. Rogers Captn. Superintendent.' Posed photograph in continuation of print 1-2, showing one man grasping the victim below the waist from behind in order to throw him to the ground, while his accompl...
Inscription: Wet stamp on mount reading 'Government School of Industry Jubbulpore,' and signed 'B. Rogers Captain Superintendent.' Duplicate of print 3, showing one man grasping the victim below the waist from behind preparatory to throwing him to the ground, while his accomplice raises the sca...
Inscription: Wet stamp on mount reading 'Government School of Industry Jubbulpore,' and signed 'B. Rogers Superintendent.' Posed photograph, in continuation of prints 1-4. The victim has been brought to the ground, where two Thugs hold him face down, while a third strangles him with a scarf.