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Photo 1281

Record Id:
032-003189617
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003189617
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100026599955.0x00171b
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1281
Title:

Sassoon Collection: photograph album of views of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta. Photographer(s): Unknown

Scope & Content:

Half-leather and red pebbled buckram album measuring 278 mm x 380 mm, stamped in gilt on front cover, 8 Middleton Street Calcutta, containing 12 uncaptioned views of the property and garden, with three loose prints (two of the interior and one snapshot of Sybil Sassoon aged 13 months, taken in 1934). The house was the Calcutta home of the Sassoon family at this time.

Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Hierarchy Tree:
[{ "id" : "032-003189617", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 1281: Sassoon Collection: photograph album of views of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta. Photographer(s): Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003189618", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(1): [Main entrance to 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189619", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(2): [8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189620", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(3): [8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189621", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(4): [Wrought-iron garden gateway at 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189622", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(5): [8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189623", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(6): [8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189624", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(7): [8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189625", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(8): [Garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189626", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(9): [Garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189627", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(10): [Garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189628", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(11): [Garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189629", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(12): [Dovecote in the garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189630", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(13): Ethel [Sassoon] in the drawing room, 8 Middleton St., Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189631", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(14): Ethel [Sassoon] in the drawing room, 8 Middleton St., Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189632", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(15): Sybil Sassoon, 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta, 1934, 13 months. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003189633", "parent" : "032-003189617", "text" : "Photo 1281(16): Sybil and Serena [Sassoon] in the garden at 8 Middleton St., Calcutta, 1936. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003189617
Is part of:
not applicable
Contains:
Photo 1281(1) : [Main entrance to 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(2) : [8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(3) : [8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(4) : [Wrought-iron garden gateway at 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(5) : [8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(6) : [8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(7) : [8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(8) : [Garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(9) : [Garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(10) : [Garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(11) : [Garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(12) : [Dovecote in the garden of 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(13) : Ethel [Sassoon] in the drawing room, 8 Middleton St., Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(14) : Ethel [Sassoon] in the drawing room, 8 Middleton St., Calcutta. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(15) : Sybil Sassoon, 8 Middleton Street, Calcutta, 1934, 13 months. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 1281(16) : Sybil and Serena [Sassoon] in the garden at 8 Middleton St., Calcutta, 1936. Photographer: Unknown

 

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Hierarchy:
032-003189617
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
16 items
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Not applicable
Techniques:
Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Start Date:
1930
End Date:
1939
Date Range:
1930s
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 235 mm x 240 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Given by Edwina Sassoon, 2 February 2014.

Material Type:
Photographs
Legal Status:
Not Known
Subjects:
Architecture
Houses
Places:
Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia