Photo 792

A collection of 3450 loose miscellaneous prints of Indian architecture, scenery, people and customs, collected from a variety of sources. The collection appears to have been compiled by Dorothy Newsome-Glenn as artist's references for illustrations, and several of the prints have been squared off in pencil to aid copying. Ms. Newsome-Glenn (c.1900-1980) apparently worked as an artist/illustrator in India in the 1920s and 30s, and these photographs were retrieved by Mr Colin Patridge after they had been discarded after her death. A number also have references written on the back which indicate that they were published as illustrations in various Indian magazines. Some of the photographs are the work of Stanley Jepson, editor of The weekly illustrated of India in the 1930s and it is probably that either some of these photographs, or illustrations from them were used in that journal. This has not so far been verified. While a good many of the photographs are amateur snapshots of no great merit, there is also a large number of excellent architectural and topographical views by professional photographers

The full list of identified photographers in the collection is as follows: Marcus Batley, Bourne & Shepherd, L. Shugan Chand, Zachariah D'Cruz, Director of Public Information, East Indian Railway, H.R. Ferger, B.F. Ferreira, Martin Hurlimann, Stanley Jepson, Johnston & Hoffmann, Klein & Peyerl, Philip Adolphe Klier, S. Mahmood, D. Manaktala, H.A. Mirza & Sons, D. Deenadayal Prasad, P.N. Rao, Saeed Bros., Shepherd & Robertson, Bhoop Singh Dhian Singh, S. Singh, H.E. Tyndale, Moorthy Vasan.

1-227 Animals (elephants, cheetahs, camels, donkeys, horses, goats, dogs, vultures, etc) and animal-drawn carts and carriages.

228-500 Agriculture and farming (coffee, tea, sugar, cotton,rice, rubber, livestock, etc).

501-594 Miscellaneous architectural views.

595-730 Water transport (miscellaneous viess of boats of all types).

731-833 Religion (religious festivals, ceremonies, processions, pilgrimages, etc.).

834-904 Religion (priests, ascetics, mendicants, worshippers, etc.)

905-1097 Ethnographical photographs (portraits of tribal proples, types and castes, etc.).

1098-1138 Ascetics (fakirs, holy men, mendicants).

1139-1154 Forts.

1155-1235 Ghats and riverside scenes.

1236-1245 Fashion, costume and jewellery.

1246-1268 Miscellaneous scenery.

1269-1299 The Taj Mahal.

1300-1496 Religious architecture (temples, churches and mosques, and some tombs).

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Process = Various, mainly gelatine silver prints

Photographers = Bourne & Shepherd, Zachariah D'Cruz;