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1. Photo 784

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784
Title:
Sir William Foster Collection: Photographs, negatives and lantern slides relating to India, portraits of Indian notables, the history of the East India Company and East India House
Scope & Content:
Collection divided into seven parts, as follows: Photo 784/1 Photo 784/2 Photo 784/3 Glass negatives of interiors of the India Office Photo 784/4 Miscellaneous glass negatives: photographic copies of portraits Photo 784/5 Lantern slides relating to the Photo 784/6 Lantern slides Photo 78...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860-1940
Extent:
500 photographic prints, glass negatives and lantern slides

2. Photo 784/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784/2
Title:
Sir William Foster Collection: Reference collections of photographs of portrait paintings
Scope & Content:
A miscellaneous collection of photographic copies of portraits of historical figures connected with India, compiled by Sir William Foster. The material originates from a number of sources and includes both Indian and European figures. The collection consists of original prints and half-tone repro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890s-1920s
Extent:
110 prints

3. Photo 784/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784/7
Title:
Sir William Foster Collection: Lantern slides of India
Scope & Content:
Collection of 94 lantern slides, originally housed in two wooden boxes belonging to Sir William Foster. The slides, mainly acquired from various commercially available set (Our Indian Empire, Two months in India with a camera, etc), present a tour of India starting at Bombay and then proceeding ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890s-1900s
Extent:

94 lantern slides

4. Photo 784/2(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784/2(74)
Title:
Trichinopoly. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Black-and-white photograph of an oil painting.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890s-1920s
Extent:

1 item

5. Photo 784/2(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784/2(51)
Title:
Chess Players. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Sepia-toned photograph of an oil painting by James Northcote, 1807. Inscription on the reverse identifies the sitters as William Henry Chicheley Plowden, Dr. R. Stevens (afterwards Dean of Rochester) and Trevor John Chicheley Plowden. Painting is housed at the Worcester Art Museum: 2005.71.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890s-1920s
Extent:

1 item

6. Photo 784/2(92)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784/2(92)
Title:
Hindu Lad. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Black-and-white photograph of an oil painting by Johan Zoffany (1733–1810).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890s-1920s
Extent:

1 item

7. Photo 784/2(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784/2(69)
Title:
Portrait of Sir George Clerk, KCB. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Sepia-toned photograph of a drawing.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890s-1920s
Extent:

1 item

8. Photo 784/2(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784/2(78)
Title:
The Capture of Seringapatam. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Black-and-white photograph of an oil painting.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890s-1920s
Extent:

1 item

9. Photo 784/2(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784/2(91)
Title:
The Coffee Party, Trichinopoly. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Christmas card containing a colour reproduction of an oil painting, same as: Photo 784/2(74). Stamped on front: The Society for Army Historical Research, 1921
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890s-1920s
Extent:

1 item

10. Photo 784/2(89)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 784/2(89)
Title:
Portrait of Sir William Foster (1863-1951). Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Negative for Photo 784/2(86)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1971
Extent:

1 item