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Photo 846

Record Id:

032-003122242

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003122242

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026100107.0x0003ec

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 846

Title:

Collection of miscellaneous formal portraits and snapshots.

Scope & Content:

Collection of formal portraits by professional photographers with additional amateur snapshots.

The formal portraits feature two men:

(1) J.B. Shearer: 4 portraits from ICS graduate at Oxford in 1926, to Commissioner of Income Tax, Bombay, 1945.

(2) Sir J.M. Dunnet, CIE: 5 portraits from TA officer in the First World War to Reforms Commissioner, 1933.

The remaining prints include miscellaneous snapshots and a group at Jelalabad in 1930.

Process = Gelatine silver prints

Photographers = Hamilton Studios, Bombay; T.R. Lachhman & Co, ; B. Sewa Singh Gurdit Singh, Amritsar; Russell & Sons, London; and others unknown., ;

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

[{ "id" : "032-003122242", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 846: Collection of miscellaneous formal portraits and snapshots." },{ "id" : "040-003122243", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(1): Post-Graduate ICS year at Oxford, 1928-29. After getting their degrees and passing the competitive examination for the ICS, there was…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122244", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(2): Standing Finance Committee of the Legislative Assembly, March 1934. (On Sir George Schuster's right is Harbilas Sarda, the author of the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122245", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(3): Finance Department, Government of India, 1933. Photographer: Photo Service Co" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122246", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(4): Group photograph of the income-tax officers, Bombay, on the occasion of the farewell party to Mr J.B. Shearer, OBE, ICS, Commissioner of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122247", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(5): [Studio portrait of Sir James Dunnett, ICS.] Photographer: Russell and Sons, James" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122248", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(6): [Group portrait with ICS officers and Indian officials.] Photographer: Lachhman and Company, T.R." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122249", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(7): [British army officers and padres.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122250", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(8): Conference of Reforms Officers (held at New Delhi on 5th-8th Mar, 1935). Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122251", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(9): [Portrait of James Dunnett with Indian notables at Amritsar.] Photographer: Gurdit Singh, B. Sewa Singh" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122252", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(10): Finance Department, Government of India, 1933. Photographer: Photo Service Co" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122253", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(11): [Prints 11-15 are snapshot portraits and views at a camp in Sawalpur, Sindh?] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122254", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(16): Camels crossing the Baghar, [Sindh]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122255", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(17): Tombs at Pir Patho, [Sindh?]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122256", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(18): The Baghar & tombs at Pir Patho. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122257", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(19): Men sawing at Pir Patho. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122258", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(20): Our dhobi washing at Gulel. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122259", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(21): Merle on Kalankhot Dhond. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122260", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(22): Women washing clothes on the banks of the Baghar Canal. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122261", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(23): [Snapshot portrait of two Indian men, one carrying a gun, the other a piece of cloth.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122262", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(24): Loading camels at Makli[?]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122263", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(25): Sunset on Indus, Kotalmo[?]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122264", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(26): Mish. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003122265", "parent" : "032-003122242", "text" : "Photo 846(27): [Group portrait]. Jalalabad, January 1930. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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Hierarchy:

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Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

23 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

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Start Date:

1910

End Date:

1949

Date Range:

1910s-1940s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 66 mm x 110 mm to 240 mm x 295 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Donated by Mrs A. E. Shearer in 1991, additional prints added in 1993.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known