032-003082259 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/77(117)
Title:: Round the dead Rhino, [Nepal Terai]. Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events Distant view of elephants and hunters ringing the dead animal. Subjects = Curzon Collection; hunting; hunting (rhinoceros); viceregal tours
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Apr 1901
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/78(15)
Title:: The Mysore State Officials. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group portrait of Mysore officials. The more important figures in the group are identified as follows: Col Benson IMS, E. Maconochie CS, The Yuva Rajah, H.H. the Maharaja, The Dewan, First Member of the Council, Maj Smith IMS. Print cropped to long narrow form...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1902
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/75(71)
Title:: Taj, Agra. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Small snapshot. Distant view of the Taj Mahal from the fort. Subjects = Curzon Collection
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Dec 1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/7(3)
Title:: Erivan: the kiosque of the Sirdars. Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of the interior of a building looking towards a lattice-screen window with richly decorated walls including paintings of male figures. Published: H. F. B. Lynch, 'Armenia, Travels and studies' (2 vols., 1901), vol. 1, fig. 46, captioned, 'Erivan: interior o...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1893-1894
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/15(26)
Title:: The Na-kyaik-shit-tso (28 Gaudamas at Kemendine [Rangoon]). Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:: Row of Gaudama images on plinths, housed in a corrugated-iron roofed shed. Subjects = Buddha images; Curzon Collection; sculpture Location = Burma; Kemendine; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/15(56)
Title:: Elephants at work in the timber depot [Burma]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:: Subjects = animals; Curzon Collection; elephants; teak; timber industry; timber yards
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/15(62)
Title:: A Phoongyee-byan, cremation of a priest [Burma]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:: Subjects = cremation; Curzon Collection; funerals; rites and customs
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/20(87)
Title:: General view of Maha Satian or Royal Cenotaphs, Udaipur [Ahar]. Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = cenotaphs; Curzon Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Rajput); Mahasati; tombs
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1902
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/26(46)
Title:: The City and Lake from the State Engineer's House [Bhopal]. Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 430/30(22)
Title:: Chawgan [Chamba]. Decorated for the Viceroy's visit. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events Subjects = ceremonial decorations; Curzon Collection; triumphal arches; viceregal tours Location = Chamba; Himachal Pradesh; India
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

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