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1. Photo 447

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Photographs of India and Burma and the Royal Indian Marine. Photographer(s): Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Collection in 8 parts (Photo 447/1-8), compiled by Clement William Robert Hooper (1859-1942), Royal Indian Marine 1878-1908 and cousin of the Indian Army officer and photographer Willoughby Wallace Hooper.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1890s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 447/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/7
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Royal Indian Marine photographs. Photographer(s): Mitchell, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose prints, some captioned in pencil on the reverse, presumably compiled by Clement William Hooper, Royal Indian Marine. The collection breaks down into the following categories: Prints 1-10 Views of Lighthouses, c.1900. Uncaptioned, apart from print 10. Only a few have b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900-1930s
Extent:
63 items

3. Photo 447/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/6
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Vessels of the Royal Indian Marine Photographer(s): Ratna and Company, A.
Scope & Content:
Collection of miscellaneous ship portraits, the majority identified by pencilled captions on the reverse. The prints were presumably collected by Clement William Hooper, Royal Indian Marine.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880-c 1935
Extent:
50 items

4. Photo 447/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/8
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Execution of dacoits at Mandalay. Photographer(s): Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Glass copy negative from a print of a photograph by Willoughy Wallace Hooper, Provost-Marshal with the Burma Expeditonary Force of 1885-6, showing three Burmese dacoits about to be executed by firing squad in front of the walls of Mandalay. With two modern film duplicates. The negative is wrappe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15 Jan 1886
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 447/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/1
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Album of views of Aden, Madras, Bombay, Andaman Islands, Burma. Photographer(s): Nicholas and Company and others unknown
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather bound photograph album, cloth torn and damp-stained, covers and pages detached and spine missing, measuring 278x385mm. The album mainly consists of topographical views of the locations listed above, with handwritten captions beneath each print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
72 items

6. Photo 447/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/5
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Views in India Photographer(s): Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose prints, the majority apparently removed from an album and generally in very poor condition, with fading, yellowing and damage due to damp. Many of the prints are duplicated in Photo 2/2, Photo 2/3 and Photo 447/3, where the prints are generally in much better condition.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870s
Extent:
64 items

7. Photo 447/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/4
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Views of Aden, Ceylon and Burma. Photographer(s): William Henry Louis Skeen and Company and others
Scope & Content:
Collection of miscellaneous loose prints, the majority uncaptioned, comprising: Prints 1-4. Views of Aden, 1880s. Prints 5-12. Views of Ceylon, 1880s-1900s. Print 13. View on the Irrawaddy River, Burma, 1900s. Prints 14-17. Miscellaneous portrait snapshots, 1890s-1900s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1900s
Extent:
17 items

8. Photo 447/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/2
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Album of views of military life in Southern India. Photographer(s): Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather bound photograph album, cloth torn and damp-stained, covers and pages detached and spine missing, measuring 280x375mm. Similar in style and condition to Photo 447/1. The majority of the prints appear to be the work of W.W. Hooper and show scenes from military exercises in the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1880s
Extent:
71 items

9. Photo 447/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/3
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Album of views of India, Burma, the Andaman Islands and Egypt. Photographer(s): Willoughby Wallace Hooper and others
Scope & Content:
Brown full leather bound album measuring 360x290mm, decorated with stamped patterns in gold leaf on covers, containing mounted prints, uncaptioned. Several of the album leaves in the first half of the volume are embellished with watercolour decorations around the prints in the form of flowers an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1880s
Extent:
109 items

10. Photo 447/7(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/7(5)
Title:
[Unidentified lighthouse.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Unidentified lighthouse on a headland. Subjects = lighthouses; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item