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IOR/L/PS/20/B178
- Record Id:
- 040-001615988
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x000147
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/B178
- Title:
- Photographs of sketches by Sir Edward Law Durand while with the Afghan Boundary Commission, and related papers, plus printed maps and sketches of various landscapes
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000564319
040-001615988 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/B : Political and Secret Department Library: 'B' Books
IOR/L/PS/20/B178 : Photographs of sketches by Sir Edward Law Durand while with the Afghan Boundary Commission, and related papers, plus printed… - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/20/B178/1 : Photographs taken by the Survey of India Department, Photographic Office, of sketches by Sir Edward Law Durand while with…
IOR/L/PS/20/B178/2 : Photographs taken by the Survey of India Department, Photographic Office, of sketches by Sir Edward Law Durand while with…
IOR/L/PS/20/B178/3 : Photographs taken by the Survey of India Department, Photographic Office, of sketches by Sir Edward Law Durand while with…
IOR/L/PS/20/B178/4 : Photographs taken by the Survey of India Department, Photographic Office, of sketches by Sir Edward Law Durand while with…
IOR/L/PS/20/B178/5 : Landscape drawings, some in colour
IOR/L/PS/20/B178/6 : Papers relating to Afghanistan and the Afghan Boundary Commission
IOR/L/PS/20/B178/7 : The Country around Herat, projected from Major Holditch’s map
IOR/L/PS/20/B178/8 : Guide Plan of Simla, especially drawn for the New Season Directory, 1889
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/20/B178 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0002]/037-000564319[0032]/040-001615988
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 albums, 2 folders, and 2 printed maps
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- c 1860s-c 1890s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
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Included with the four albums (IOR/L/PS/20/B178/1-4) were:
- seven sketches of landscapes (IOR/L/PS/20/B178/5)
- a photograph of Chirkari, a sketch map of Afghanistan, and 10 illustrations taken from newspaper cuttings from The Illustrated London News (IOR/L/PS/20/B178/6)
- two printed maps, one of the country around Herat taken from the supplement to The Illustrated London News, 2 May 1885 (IOR/L/PS/20/B178/7), and the other of Simla,1889 (IOR/L/PS/20/B178/8)
- Publications:
- Mildred Archer, British Drawings in the India Office Library, volume I, (HMSO: London, 1969), pp.170-182
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- Two sets of the photographic copies of Durand's sketches are in the Prints and Drawings collections (PDP references: Photo 12 and Photo 231), as are the original sketches (PDP references: WD 376-475)