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151. Photo 1168/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(27)
Title:
The bridge at Sumbul [Sambal]. A calm sunset up the river. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Baker 1203' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the River Jhelum towards the wooden bridge at Sambal, with figures posed on the bank in the right foreground. Letterpress caption pasted below print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864-1868
Extent:
1 item

152. Photo 1168/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(31)
Title:
By the Dhul Canal near the city [Srinagar]. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'W Baker 1176' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Dal Canal at Srinagar, with houses set among the trees on its bank. Another copy at print 37.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864-1868
Extent:
1 item

153. Photo 1168/1(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(45)
Title:
The Canal and end of Poplar Avenue [Srinagar]. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'W Baker 1179' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a portion of the Dal Canal towards a bridge, showing a portion of the poplar avenue.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864-1868
Extent:
1 item

154. Photo 1168/1(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(46)
Title:
Cashmir. View down the Jhelum from the Island [Srinagar]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 786' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the poplar-lined river, with small boats moored at the bank in the left foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

155. Photo 1168/1(93)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(93)
Title:
The Old Fort, Calcutta. Approximate site of the notorious 'Black Hole.' Photographer: Saché and Westfield
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Photographers' wet stamp, reading 'Saché & Westfield Photographers Waterloo Street Calcutta,' on reverse of mount. Genre: Architectural Photography View showing an inner court or piazza of the old fort, looking towards thick brick arches. Prints 93 and 95 are clearly the two p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

156. Photo 1168/1(106)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(106)
Title:
Calcutta 4th Oct 1864. The result of the cyclone. Photographer: Baker, F. W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Close view of the roots of a tree uprooted in the cyclone, probably photographed in the Botanical Gardens, with three Indian figures posed in the foreground. With pencilled note on album page: 'Ind. fern.' Photograph uncredited, but tentatively attributed to F. W. Baker...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
4 Oct 1864
Extent:
1 item

157. Photo 1168/1(109)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(109)
Title:
Rock temple [Rock-cut Jain shrine of Vattuvan Kovil at Kalugumalai]. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on print 'Druck von J. B. Obernetter.' Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the rock-cut dome. This is a photo-mechanical print (apparently his collotype process introduced c. 1870) made by Johann Baptist Obernetter from Lyon's photograph. For an albumen print ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

158. Photo 1168/1(125)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(125)
Title:
Calcutta. Results of the cyclone [inscribed in pencil on reverse, 'Root of buhoo tree']. Photographer: Baker, F. W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Close view of the exposed roots of the fallen tree, uprooted by the cyclone and probably photographed in the Botanical Gardens, with a European family group seated on the trunk in the background. Torn portions at top and bottom left corners. Photograph uncredited, but ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1864-Oct 1864
Extent:
1 item

159. Photo 1168/1(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(68)
Title:
Cashmir. Baramula from south side of river. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Bourne' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View from the Jhelum riverbank, looking along the river towards a bridge and the houses of the town beyond, with hills rising in the background. Unnumbered in the negative, but with Bourne and Shepherd catalogue number ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

160. Photo 1168/1(92)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(92)
Title:
Lord Mayo and Ameer Shere Ali in Durbar [at Ambala]. Photographer: Taylor, Clarence Comyn
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Lord Mayo and staff, seated with the Amir of Afghanistan, Sher Ali Khan, at the durbar held at Ambala in March 1869. The heads of the figures of Mayo's staff seated in the right front row, appear to have been montaged onto the body. For a variant of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item