W. G. Archer Collection: Postcards of Sigiriya, Ceylon.
Scope & Content:
Envelope containing 6 coloured postcards (from a set of 7) illustrating the wall paintings at Sigiriya. [Transferred to Prints, Drawings and Photographs.]
W. G. Archer Collection; Photographs of Birkaur wooden and stone figures. Photographer: W. G. Archer
Scope & Content:
Collection of 37 loose b/w photographs of Birkaur wooden and stone figures, used as illustrations in Archer's The Vertical Man (1947), with an unfinished letter. Notes on the subjects, with references to Archer's notebook entries and negative numbers, are written in pencil on the paper sleeves h...
W. G. Archer Collection: Photographs of Indian village life and customs. Photographer: W. G. Archer.
Scope & Content:
30 contact prints from 35 mm b/w negatives, principally of (Santal?) dancers, originally contained in an envelope marked: V (spare) not to be enlarged + Verrier Elwin. Four of the contact prints are mounted separately on a sheet of paper, with note reading: Film marked V. Enlargements to post-ca...