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Photo 779

Record Id:: 032-003105813
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-003105813
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100026024896.0x000971
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 779
Title:: Edith Winifred Ashton Collection: Miscellaneous views and portraits Nepal and India. Photographer(s): Herzog and Higgins, Edith Ashton and others unknown
Scope & Content:: Collection of loose prints and negatives, formerly belonging to Miss Edith Winifred Ashton, who was Governess(?) to the children of the Resident in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1904-06. Photographs, presumably taken by her, include portraits of the Resident, Colonel Manners-Smith and family, household staff and Nepalese men and women. A selection of the original negatives have been printed by the donor and there is also a photocopy of a letter from Miss Ashton to her mother dated September 18th 1905 in which she describes attending durbars in Kathmandu. There are additional views of Nepal by the firm of Herzog & Higgins and some miscellaneous prints of Indian monuments.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Hierarchy Tree:: [{ "id" : "032-003105813", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 779: Edith Winifred Ashton Collection: Miscellaneous views and portraits Nepal and India. Photographer(s): Herzog and Higgins, Edith Ashton and…" },{ "id" : "040-003105814", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(1): [View in Simla, showing the premises of Cooke & Kelvey, Jewellers.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105815", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(2): Commissariat House, Lucknow, in Residency grounds. Mohamaden Mosque used as store house for food. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105816", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(3): Temple and monkeys on Jakko. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105817", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(4): General view of Sanchi Tope from East. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105818", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(5): Elysium Hill and Shali Peaks [Simla]. Snowy Range in the distance. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105819", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(6): [Street scene, Kathmandu.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105820", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(7): Bridge over Bhagiratti [Pasupati]. Photographer: Herzog and Higgins" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105821", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(8): Street scene near Pashpatti. Photographer: Herzog and Higgins" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105822", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(9): [View of the Pasupitanath temple at Pasupati.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105823", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(10): [The Durbar Square at Patan, from the south.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105824", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(11): [Durbar Square at Bhadgaon from the west.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105825", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(12): [View of a palace entrance (?), Bhadgaon, guarded by large leogryphs.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003105826", "parent" : "032-003105813", "text" : "Photo 779(13): [Prints 13-48 are snapshot portraits and views taken by Miss Edith Ashton during her term as Governess to the children of Colonel…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-003105813
Is part of:: not applicable
Contains:: Photo 779(1) : [View in Simla, showing the premises of Cooke & Kelvey, Jewellers.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 779(2) : Commissariat House, Lucknow, in Residency grounds. Mohamaden Mosque used as store house for food. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 779(3) : Temple and monkeys on Jakko. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 779(4) : General view of Sanchi Tope from East. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 779(5) : Elysium Hill and Shali Peaks [Simla]. Snowy Range in the distance. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 779(6) : [Street scene, Kathmandu.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Photo 779(7) : Bridge over Bhagiratti [Pasupati]. Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Photo 779(8) : Street scene near Pashpatti. Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Photo 779(9) : [View of the Pasupitanath temple at Pasupati.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Photo 779(10) : [The Durbar Square at Patan, from the south.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Photo 779(11) : [Durbar Square at Bhadgaon from the west.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Photo 779(12) : [View of a palace entrance (?), Bhadgaon, guarded by large leogryphs.] Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Photo 779(13) : [Prints 13-48 are snapshot portraits and views taken by Miss Edith Ashton during her term as Governess to the children of…

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Record Type (Level):: Fonds
Extent:: 13 items
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Start Date:: 1900
End Date:: 1909
Date Range:: 1900s
Era:: CE
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Physical Characteristics:: Dimensions: 88 mm x 112 mm to 215 mm x 293 mm
Source of Acquisition:: Donated by Mr J.F. Cooke, via National Army Museum, 1986.
Material Type:: Photographs
Legal Status:: Not Known