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1. Photo 89

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 89
Title:
Miscellaneous views in England, India and Sri Lanka. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice and others unknown
Scope & Content:
A miscellaneous collection of loose prints, possibly gathered from various sources. The material can be broken down as follows: Print 1. View of Lucknow by Felice Beato, 1858 (albumen print). Print 2. Burmese pagoda at Calcutta, 1857 (heavily varnished albumen print). Print 3. View from the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858-1897
Extent:
9 items

2. Photo 89(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 89(4)
Title:
View of an unidentified house, England. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
The same building is shown in prints 4-7.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 89(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 89(5)
Title:
View of an unidentified house, England. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
The same building is shown in prints 4-7.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 89(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 89(7)
Title:
View of an unidentified house, England. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
The same building is shown in prints 4-7.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 89(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 89(6)
Title:
View of an unidentified house, England. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
The same building is shown in prints 4-7. This is the clearest view of the building, taken from the garden, and with a man lying on the lawn in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 89(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 89(1)
Title:
Residency at Lucknow. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 89(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 89(2)
Title:
Burmese ornamental building erected in the Auckland garden, Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of the pyatthat brought back from Prome after the Second Anglo-Burmese War and erected in the Auckland Gardens (better known as the Eden Gardens). Pencilled note on print refers to India Public Letter of 24 Feby 1858. A heavily-varnished albumen print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 89(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 89(3)
Title:
Taken from window of Room 310 India Office window, 1897. Photographer: West, Frank
Scope & Content:
View looking across rooftops towards Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, with the Rising Sun public house in the foreground. Print in very poor condition, dirt stained, torn and faded.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 89(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 89(9)
Title:
[Rock-cut sculpture of a sage, popularly thought to represent Parakramabahu I, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Sculpture of standing figure. For a note on the possible identity of the figure, see Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka (Hong Kong: 1990), pp. 636-637.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 89(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 89(8)
Title:
[Rock-cut sculpture at the Isurumuniya Temple, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Rock-cut sculpture of a seated man with the head of a horse behind his right shoulder. For description and list of references relating to this sculpture, see Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka (Hong Kong: 1990), p. 274.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item