View of the moat outside Dufferin Fort, Mandalay. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography Looking along the moat, with city wall (enclosing the Palace grounds and cantonment of Fort Dufferin) at left. Burmese group posed in foreground. Subjects = Elgin Collection Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Viceregal Lodge from the Observatory [Simla]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Building partially obscured by trees. Subjects = British colonial architecture; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; government houses
Interior of the Palace at Patiala. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View in one of the halls of the palace, furnished in European style and with a profusion of chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. Subjects = Anglo-Indian architecture; chandeliers; Elgin Collection; furniture and furnishings; interiors; palaces Location = In...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length studio portrait of a young boy and girl, elegantly dressed. Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Kashmiris
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of two men playing chess, watched by three others. The older player wears the white cap of the haji. Subjects = chess; Elgin Collection; games; Muslims
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man seated cross-legged at his embroidery frame. Photograph used as illustration no. 188 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869), where it is captioned 'Scarfmaker'. Subjects = Elgin Collection; embroiderers; occupations