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Photo 547
- Record Id:
- 032-003098853
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003098853
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025910660.0x000a73
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 547
- Title:
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Photograph album of Judge Amir Ali.
- Scope & Content:
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Green cloth-bound photograph album measuring 243x355mm containing prints inserted four to a page in window inserts, with handwritten captions in ink beneath each print. A note on the inside cover records the subjects of the album as 'Our last winter in India - Gonda 1928-29; Christmas shoot at Sohelwa, Bahraich, 1928 (also in my judgeship); farewell visit to Fyzabad, 1929.' Note on inside back cover reads: 'Left India for good: Gonda - April 3rd 1929; Bombay - April 6th 1929.'
The album contains amateur snapshots of reasonable quality, and includes the following subject matter: Views at Gonda (judge's house, servants, informal portrait snapshots); bear shoot in the Sohelwa forest with the Raja of Payagput, Christmas 1928; groups of uniformed household servants, Gonda, 1929; portraits of various junior court officials and police officers, Gonda; architectural views at Ajudhya and Fyzabad; shoot at Bankatwa District, Gonda, 24-31 March 1929.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003098853", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 547: Photograph album of Judge Amir Ali." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003098853
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003098853
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1928
- End Date:
- 1929
- Date Range:
- 1928-1929
- 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: 82 mm x 141 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Presented by Miss Elizabeth Danbury, 1979
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known