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Photo 1077
- Record Id:
- 032-003190389
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003190389
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026599876.0x00011b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1077
- Title:
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Family photograph album of Gwen Carless, wife of Harry Carless (Indian Police Service)
- Scope & Content:
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Grey, soft-covered photograph album measuring 245 cm x 305 cm, inscribed in white ink on front cover: 'Family photo album kept by Gwen Carless, wife of Harry Carless IPS (U.P.), from 1926 (Fatehpur) to 1933 (Kumaon).' The album contains 181 photographs, the majority family snapshots, with identifying captions, mostly taken in India, but with some English scenes. Locations include Fatehpur, Lucknow, Naini Tal, Shahjahanpur, Bhowali, Moradabad, Bijrani. Inserted at the back of the album are two more formal portraits of Harry Carless (one taken by the Jaipur Art Studio, Jodhpur), and a group portrait, 'Harry Carless, as one of the three Blues, in the winning Trinity Hall tennis team at Cambridge, 1924.'
A typescript memoir of Harry Carless, written by his son Hugh Carless, accompanies the album
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003190389", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 1077: Family photograph album of Gwen Carless, wife of Harry Carless (Indian Police Service)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003190389
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003190389
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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181 gelatin silver prints, mounted in album
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1926
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 1926-1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Source of Acquisition:
- Given by his son Hugh Carless, 15 August 2000
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Carless, Henry Alfred, police officer in India, 1894-1976
- Related Material:
- See also Mss Eur C922. For a portrait of Hugh Carless, see WD4469