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Photo 220
- Record Id:
- 032-003056994
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003056994
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x000a23
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 220
- Title:
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Portraits of Sir Richard Strachey. Photographer(s): Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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The collection consists of the following items:
1. Ambrotype or positive collodion portrait of Sir Richard Strachey, mounted in contemporary arched mount and housed in a specially made modern case. Image size 200x152mm, mount size 271x220mm. There is a crack radiating out across the image from the left side. The portrait is very lightly hand-coloured.
2. Albumen print group portrait of Strachey, family and colleagues taken at Simla, early 1860s.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003056994", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 220: Portraits of Sir Richard Strachey. Photographer(s): Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003056995", "parent" : "032-003056994", "text" : "Photo 220(1): Portrait of Sir Richard Strachey (1817-1908). Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003056996", "parent" : "032-003056994", "text" : "Photo 220(2): Group at Simla. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003056994
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Photo 220(1) : Portrait of Sir Richard Strachey (1817-1908). Photographer: Unknown
Photo 220(2) : Group at Simla. Photographer: Unknown
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Photo 220 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003056994
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 220
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 2 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Ambrotype
Collodion Positive On Glass
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1860s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 200 mm x 152 mm and 176 mm x 207 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Deposited on loan by James Strachey, October 1964.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Strachey, Richard, Knight, administrator in India and scientist, 1817-1908