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1. Photo 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10
Title:
Reading Collection: synopsis
Scope & Content:
Collection of 32 albums recording the career of Rufus Daniel Isaacs (1860-1935), 1st Marquess of Reading and Viceroy of India 1921-26. The collection consists of the following items. Photo 10/1 292 prints Album, 'A pictorial record of the Royal Tour, India 1921-22...' Photo 10/2 72 prints Albu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 10/18

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/18
Title:
Reading Collection: 'Junagad State'.
Scope & Content:
Full-leather album, 370x490mm, containing mounted prints with numbered letterpress captions. Pages are interleaved with tissue. The title is stamped in gold on the front cover along with the Junagarh State coat of arms and a label which reads: 'Photographs by Solankee Studio, Rajkot'. Many of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-c1920
Extent:
100 items

3. Photo 10/24

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/24
Title:
Reading Collection: Miscellaneous photographs
Scope & Content:
Loose prints some of which are mounted, including Prints 41-56, which have been removed from an album. The photographs record various events in the career of Lord Reading as Viceroy and later when Foreign Secretary, including the Prince of Wales' visit to India, viceregal tours and a trip to Cen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1930s
Extent:
60 items

4. Photo 10/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/5
Title:
Reading Collection: Views of Rampur.
Scope & Content:
Red, half-leather album, 310x410mm, containing mounted prints with letterpress captions. The album is untitled and in poor condition with broken binding and badly foxed and brittle mounts although the prints themselves are in reasonable condition. Prints are duplicated in Photo 36. The photogra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1911
Extent:
57 items

5. Photo 10/22

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/22
Title:
Reading Collection: Miscellaneous loose photographs.
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous loose photographs from the Marquess of Reading's collection, mainly dating from his period as Viceroy from 1921-36, but including some material relating to India from outside this period. The collection breaks down into the following broad categories: architectural studies of Vicer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
59 items

6. Photo 10/32

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/32
Title:
Reading Collection: Views at Simla.
Scope & Content:
Black post-bound album, 267x310mm, containing uncaptioned prints mounted up to eight to a page. The front cover carries the manufacturers trademark: 'Photex. Loose leaf album'. There are just two handwritten notes in the album: 'Picnic at Naldena' describing a series of views and 'Leopold of the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c1925
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 10/25

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/25
Title:
Reading Collection: Miscellaneous photographs.
Scope & Content:
Loose prints of varying sizes, one of which is mounted on card. Most of the prints have handwritten or typed descriptions on the verso and photographers ink stamps. The photographs record various events in the Indian career of Lord Reading as well as some of his activities on returning to Englan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1921-1930
Extent:
24 items

8. Photo 10/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/6
Title:
Reading Collection: Views of Benares.
Scope & Content:
Album measuring 313x395mm, with prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions pasted beneath. A specially made front cover carved from ivory has been fixed onto the original album cover. This consists of a panel with inset plaques containing views in relief of Benares scenes. The cover...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1883-c 1921
Extent:
41 items

9. Photo 10/28

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/28
Title:
Reading Collection: Viceregal Tour, 1922-23.
Scope & Content:
Half-leather album, 550x420mm, containing a mixture of photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes, invitations, addresses of welcome and other memorabilia. The album is untitled and the prints are only partially captioned although they relate to adjacent press cuttings, etc. The album records R...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1923
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 10/26

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 10/26
Title:
Reading Collection: Viceregal Tours, 1922-26
Scope & Content:
Album, 565x360mm, in very poor condition and in need of rebinding. The album contains photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes, addresses of welcome, invitations, menus and other memorabilia from Lord Reading's tours of India during his term of office. Many of the prints have handwritten titl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1926
Extent:
1 item