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Photo 150
- Record Id:
- 032-003050472
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003050472
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648639.0x000bcd
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 150
- Title:
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Compton Collection: Scrap album of Louisa Compton. Photographer(s): Johnson and Henderson
- Scope & Content:
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Red and gold leather bound album with decorative cover (front cover detached), measuring 296x239mm and containing photographs, engravings, watercolour sketches and pressed flowers. Non-photographic material relating to India has been catalogued in Mildred Archer, British Drawings in the India Office Library (vol I, pp.144-5, HMSO, 1969). The decorative titlepage of the album is signed 'Louisa Compton. Janry. 1861', and a note on the front free endpaper reads: 'Presented October 1956 by the Rev. H.S. Cochran in memory of his grandmother Louisa Compton (whose album it was), widow of Abingdon Compton, Judge of Sholapore, India, in 1857'. Louisa Compton was the wife of Thomas Abingdon Compton (1820-62), a Bombay Company servant who was judge at Sholapur from 1855. He died by drowning in the Sangum River in 1862.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003050472", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 150: Compton Collection: Scrap album of Louisa Compton. Photographer(s): Johnson and Henderson" },{ "id" : "040-003050473", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(1): [Horse and syce.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050474", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(2): [Portrait of an unidentified woman, possibly Louisa Compton.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050475", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(3): [Photographic copy of an engraving.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050476", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(4): [Photographic copy of an engraving.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050477", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(5): [Photographic copy of an engraving.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050478", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(6): The Tombs 'The Sisters', Bidar? Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050479", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(7): [Unidentified fortress.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050480", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(8): [The Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050481", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(9): [Fortified city gateway, (?)Bijapur.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050482", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(10): The Ooncha [sic for Orchha] Gate, Jhansi. The 3rd Bombay Europeans assaulted the Fort on either side of this Gate. Photographer: J.,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050483", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(11): Jhansi - Tank. Photographer: J., G.M." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050484", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(12): Jhansi - Tank. Photographer: J., G.M." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050485", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(13): [Unidentified river view.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050486", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(14): Jhansi - where the captives were murdered in 1857. Photographer: J., G.M." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050487", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(15): [Ruins of a European building, (?)Goa.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050488", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(16): [The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Gizeh.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050489", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(17): [The Brahmachari Bawa, Vishnu Bhiku, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050490", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(18): [Brahmani women, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050491", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(19): [European reclining in a palki.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050492", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(20): [Studio portrait of a Parsi woman and child, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050493", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(21): [Knife grinder, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050494", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(22): [Portrait of an unidentified Indian, (?)Bombay.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050495", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(23): [Portrait of a Parsi man, Bombay.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050496", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(24): [?Purbhoo man.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050497", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(25): [?Purbhoo man.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050498", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(26): [?Purbhoo man.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050499", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(27): [Group portrait of three unidentified Europeans.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050500", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(28): [Group portrait of four Europeans.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050501", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(29): [View of Valletta and Grand Harbour, Malta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050502", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(30): [Head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified woman.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050503", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(31): [Portrait of an unidentified man.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050504", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(32): [Portrait of an unidentified child.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050505", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(33): [Portrait of an unidentified youth.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050506", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(34): [Portrait of an unidentified military officer.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050507", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(35): [Portrait of two unidentified men.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050508", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(36): [Portrait of an unidentified man.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050509", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(37): [Portrait of an unidentified man.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050510", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(38): Charlie Bannerman. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050511", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(39): [Portrait of an unidentified man.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050512", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(40): Capt Bell. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050513", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(41): [Portrait of an unidentified woman.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050514", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(42): [Portrait of two unidentified military officers.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050515", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(43): [House at] Sholapur. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050516", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(44): [Garden scene, probably at Sholapur.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050517", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(45): [Unidentified group of Indian officers.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050518", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(46): [House at] Sholapur. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050519", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(47): [Unidentified building at] Sholapur. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050520", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(48): [Portrait of an unidentified man.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003050521", "parent" : "032-003050472", "text" : "Photo 150(49): James Sale. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003050472
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Photo 150(1) : [Horse and syce.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(2) : [Portrait of an unidentified woman, possibly Louisa Compton.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(3) : [Photographic copy of an engraving.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(4) : [Photographic copy of an engraving.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(5) : [Photographic copy of an engraving.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(6) : The Tombs 'The Sisters', Bidar? Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(7) : [Unidentified fortress.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(8) : [The Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(9) : [Fortified city gateway, (?)Bijapur.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(10) : The Ooncha [sic for Orchha] Gate, Jhansi. The 3rd Bombay Europeans assaulted the Fort on either side of this Gate. Photographer:…
Photo 150(11) : Jhansi - Tank. Photographer: J., G.M.
Photo 150(12) : Jhansi - Tank. Photographer: J., G.M.
Photo 150(13) : [Unidentified river view.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(14) : Jhansi - where the captives were murdered in 1857. Photographer: J., G.M.
Photo 150(15) : [Ruins of a European building, (?)Goa.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(16) : [The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Gizeh.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(17) : [The Brahmachari Bawa, Vishnu Bhiku, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
Photo 150(18) : [Brahmani women, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
Photo 150(19) : [European reclining in a palki.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(20) : [Studio portrait of a Parsi woman and child, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
Photo 150(21) : [Knife grinder, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
Photo 150(22) : [Portrait of an unidentified Indian, (?)Bombay.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(23) : [Portrait of a Parsi man, Bombay.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(24) : [?Purbhoo man.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 150(25) : [?Purbhoo man.] Photographer: Unknown
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- 032-003050472
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 150
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 49 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Salted Paper Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1860s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 57 mm x 47 mm to 197 mm x 247 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Presented by the Rev. H.S. Cochran, 1956
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Johnson and Henderson