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1. Photo 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2
Title:
Lee-Warner Collection: Synopsis. Photographer(s): Samuel Bourne, Lala Deen Dayal and others
Scope & Content:
Collection of 9 albums of Indian subjects, including albums of architectural and topographical views, as well as material illustrating the career of Sir William Lee-Warner (1846-1914), Indian Civil Service (Bombay) 1869-95, Chief Commissioner of Coorg and Resident of Mysore 1895, Member of the C...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1900s
Extent:

9 albums

2. Photo 2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/1
Title:
Lee-Warner Collection: Portraits 1869-1905. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Quarter-leather volume (modern rebinding by India Office Library) measuring 300 x 245 mm, containing 92 mounted and five loose prints. The majority of the photographs are cabinet-size portraits of leading political and military personalities in India in the last quarter of the 19th century; appe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869-1905
Extent:
97 items

3. Photo 2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/5
Title:
Lee-Warner Collection: Morvi State Album. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Maroon full leather bound album measuring 293 x 410 mm, with title as above stamped in gold on cover, with decorative motifs and the arms of Morvi State (modern Morbi). Spine weak. Prints are mounted one to a page, uncaptioned. The album consists of topographical and architectural views, but lac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
70 items

4. Photo 2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/6
Title:
Lee-Warner Collection: Photographs of Junagadh. Photographer(s): Nelson, F.
Scope & Content:
Black half-bound leather album, measuring 374 x 455 mm, containing mounted prints interleaved with tissue. The photographs have brief captions on the actual prints and some have manuscript captions below. The title is stamped in gold on the front cover which also states, 'By F. Nelson'. On the f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
82 items

5. Photo 2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/9
Title:
Lee-Warner Collection: A Souvenir of Mysore 1895. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Brown full leather bound album (spine weak), measuring 275 x 375 mm, with title as above stamped on cover in gold with decorative design featuring a tiger beneath a palm tree. Prints are mounted on album pages with letterpress captions pasted beneath. The album contains a number of good quality ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
130 items

6. Photo 2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/7
Title:
Lee-Warner Collection: Baroda views and buildings, c.1890. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Green hard-backed cloth folder measuring 305 x 360 mm containing 11 loose prints mounted on stout card, with identifying captions written in pencil on the reverse. Five of the views are high-quality architectural studies of palaces in Baroda (modern Vadodara), the remainder views of buildings an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
11 items

7. Photo 2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/8
Title:
Lee-Warner Collection: Souvenirs of Kolhapur. Installation of H. H. the Maharajah, 1894. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Red full leather album, measuring 370 x 450 mm, containing mounted prints with Prints 1-36 having hand-written captions. The title is stamped in gold on the front cover which also has a floral border. The album also contains good quality architectural and topographical views in Kolhapur State, B...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
47 items

8. Photo 2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/2
Title:
Lee-Warner Collection: Bombay Presidency. William Lee Warner C.S. Photographer(s): Hooper and Western
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather bound album measuring 390 x 315 mm, containing mounted and loose prints, some captioned on album page, some on reverse of print, a number uncaptioned. The album is a companion volume and similar in style to Photo 2/3. The album contains a mixture of subjects (and some non-Indi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872-1895
Extent:
110 items

9. Photo 2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/3
Title:
Lee-Warner Collection: Bombay Presidency. William Lee Warner C.S. Photographer(s): Shepherd and Robertson, Samuel Bourne, Bourne and Shepherd, Edmund David Lyon, J. Johnston, John Edward Saché, Willoughby Wallace Hooper and others unknown.
Scope & Content:
Half-leather bound album, measuring 390 x 310 mm and containing 170 mounted prints with manuscript captions, plus two loose prints. The title as above is stamped in gold on the front cover. The album is in poor physical condition. The contents are mainly architectural and topographical views fro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c1865-1880s
Extent:
172 items

10. Photo 2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/4
Title:
Lee-Warner Collection: Scenes and Sculptures of Central India, Photographed by Lala Deen Diyal, Indore. Photographer(s): Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Green full leather-bound album measuring 310 x 390 mm, with title (as above) stamped in gold within decorative design on front cover; metal clasp. A label on the inside back cover reads, 'Bound at Education Society Press, Byculla'. The Prints are mounted on light yellow album pages, with neatly ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1882
Extent:
108 items