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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/3(25)
Title:: General Roberts and Sirdars of Kaubul. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group portrait, with General Roberts seated in durbar at the centre of a group of sirdars. Duplicate at Photo 430/2 (67). Subjects = Afghan officials; Curzon Collection; durbars; military (general); military campaigns; sirdars
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1879
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/3(68)
Title:: Murad Khan and other chiefs [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Formal posed group of five men seated around a tray laid out with tea. Subjects = Afghan officials; Afghanis; Curzon Collection; ethnic groups
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1879-1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/3(70)
Title:: Representatives [of] science and art [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Formal posed group of Kabul intellectuals. Photograph reproduced in Omar Khan, 'From Kashmir to Kabul. The Photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900' (Prestel, 2002), p. 128. Subjects = Afghanis; Curzon Collection; ethnic groups
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1879-1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/3(89)
Title:: Panorama [of Kabul] from Siah Sung. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of three joined prints, looking towards Kabul from Siah Sang. Duplicate at Photo 430/2 (92). Copy negs for complete panorama are B.9500-9502. Subjects = Curzon Collection; military (general); military campaigns; panoramas
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1879-1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/8(82)
Title:: 'The landing place at Shif. 29. Jan. 1902'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank
Scope & Content:: Genre/Subject Matter This scene on the island of Shif (Jazireh-ye Shif) north of Bushehr shows the ‘landing place’. A pebbly flat shore takes up the majority of the middle- and foreground while the horizon, a long raised area, is crowded with unidentifiable bundles, sacks (presumably trade good...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Jan 1902
Extent:: 1 b&w photographic print

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/10(23)
Title:: [Portrait of] Col E. Baring, Military Secretary. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Head and shoulders portrait. Subjects = Curzon Collection; personal staff; viceroys
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c Jan 1903
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/17(29)
Title:: Gwalior Camp, [Lashkar]. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events General view in the viceregal camp. Subjects = camps; Curzon Collection; viceregal tours Location = India; Lashkar; Madhya Pradesh
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 28 Nov 1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/17(60)
Title:: Departure from Gwalior. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events View of the viceregal party boarding a train. Subjects = Curzon Collection; railway rolling stock; railways; transport; viceregal tours Location = India; Lashkar; Madhya Pradesh
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 2 Dec 1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/17(144)
Title:: Burning Ghat, Benares. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events View of a shrouded body being laid in the Ganga. Subjects = cremation; Curzon Collection; funerals; funerary practices (Hindu); ghats; rites and customs
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/41(51)
Title:: Interior of the Amba Vilasa of the Palace, Mysore. Photographer: Burahnudin, M.
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the durbar hall towards the throne. Caption notes read: 'The hall is used on all minor festive occasions for holding durbars, and, during the ten days devoted to the Dasara feast, the Goddess Chamundi is installed here and daily worship offere...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

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