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Photo 10/2

Record Id:

040-003038144

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003037850

MDARK:

ark:/81055/dvdc_100018239929.0x00054e

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 10/2

Title:

Reading Collection: 'H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in Gwalior, 1922'.

Scope & Content:

Full leather album, 270x370mm, containing mounted prints with letterpress captions and some tissue interleaving. Gold stamped cover includes the title and a coat of arms. The inside front cover has a label which reads: 'Presented to the India Office Library by Lady Reading, 27 August 1958'. A smaller label reads: 'R.L. Desai. Photo artist & process engraver, Lashkar, Gwalior'. The front free endpaper has the handwritten note: 'From M. Scindia 1922'.

Process = Gelatine prints

Photographers = R.L. Desai, Gwalior.;

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003037850
040-003038144

Is part of:

Photo 10 : Reading Collection: synopsis

Photo 10/2 : Reading Collection: 'H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in Gwalior, 1922'.

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003037850[0002]/040-003038144

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

72 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Start Date:

1922

End Date:

1922

Date Range:

1922

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 67 mm x 94 mm to 123 mm x 695 mm

Source of Acquisition:

The Reading Collection was deposited on loan by Stella, Dowager, Marchioness of Reading between 1958-75. This album presented 27 August 1958. See also Mss Eur E 238.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known