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Photo 146/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003049655
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003049654
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648639.0x00089c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 146/1
- Title:
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Thomas Walters Venn Collection: 'Snapshot views of the West Coast of India'. Photographer(s): Venn, Thomas Walters
- Scope & Content:
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Green cloth-covered, post-bound album, measuring 273 x 227 mm, with a metal spine. The album contains snapshots mounted two or three to a page with detailed typed captions. The collection covers a broad range of locations and subjects including Indian and colonial architecture, waterways, shipping and topographical views. There are several non-photographic items in the album including prints.
Subjects include: Prints 1-63—Bombay Harbour including lighthouses, houses, docks, offices of the Bombay Steam Navigation Company, shipbreaking yard, island views. Prints 64-237—The Konkun Coast including monuments and views at Alibag, Chaul, Korlai, Janjira, Srivardhan, Hareshwar, Bankot, Severndrug, Harnai, Dapoli, Boria Head, Jaigarh, Gunpati Pula, Tiveri, Mirya Bay, Ratnagiri, Jaitapur, Gheria, Vijayadurg, Malvan, Tar Karli, Newti, Kochra, Vengurla, Vadi (Savantvadi) and Riari. Prints 238-268—Portuguese India including views in Old Goa, Panaji (Panjim) and Marmagao. Prints 269-369—The North Canara Coast Topographical and architectural views in Sadashevgad, Karwar, Terringmet, Anjadip, Ankola, Belikan, Mirjan, Kumta, Sirsi, Honavar, Bhatkal, Ikeri and Bednore. Prints 370-480—The South Canara Coast Views including scenes of village life at Hungarcutta, St Mary's Isle, Busrur, Mulpi, Udupi, Mulki, Karkal, Mudabidri, Mangalore, Yenur and Jemulabad. Prints 481-571—The Malabar Coast Views including architecture at Mangeshwar, Kasaragod, Canangode, Bekal, Cannanore, Tellicherry, Anjaracardi, Quilandi, Calicut, Cochin, Calvetti, Mattancheri, Cochin Backwaters, Chenamangulam, Allepey and Trichur. Prints 572-573—Home, Venn's son and daughter. Prints 574-593—Types of sailing vessels seen on the West Coast of India Views of full rigged ships, cotton boats, etc.
Duplicate negatives and modern contact prints for most of this material can be found at Photo 146/2-7.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003049654
040-003049655 - Is part of:
- Photo 146 : Thomas Walters Venn Collection: Photographs of Western India. Photographer(s): Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1 : Thomas Walters Venn Collection: 'Snapshot views of the West Coast of India'. Photographer(s): Venn, Thomas Walters - Contains:
- Photo 146/1(1) : Bombay Harbour. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(1b) : The Prongs Lighthouse, Bombay. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(2) : Prongs Lighthouse serang and lascars, Bombay. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(3) : The S.W. Prongs reef, looking towards Back Bay & Colaba Point. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(4) : Sunk Rock Lighthouse. Isolated rock awash at low tide. Ship Royal Admiral wrecked here. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(5) : The Dolphin. An unattended light off the Gateway of India. Yacht Club and Government Dockyard in the background. Photographer:…
Photo 146/1(6) : Unattended light to mark a shoal off Butcher Island, former quaranteen station & naval establishment. Photographer:…
Photo 146/1(7) : "The Towers". Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(8) : "the__NEWLINE__"The Towers". __NEWLINE__ Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(9) : Medows Street, Fort, the business quarter within the walls of old Bombay. In the 1860s this particular building was the offices of…
Photo 146/1(10) : Behind the Wesleyan Church, Colaba Causeway, where the steps led down to the ferry between the Fort and Old Woman's…
Photo 146/1(11) : 'Cosy Corner' coffee house, Sassoon Dock. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(12) : Bombay Harbour, Sassoon Dock. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(13) : Sassoon Dock, Bombay. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(14) : Capstan for operating the lock gates. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(15) : Bombay. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(16) : Dockyard, Bombay. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(17) : Bombay Harbour. The yachtlike Royal Indian Marine Steamer 'Clive'. On her port side is another ship cadaver in the last…
Photo 146/1(18) : Bombay Harbour. The S.S. Bahaduri. Many years commodore ship of the Bombay Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. The binnacle compass by…
Photo 146/1(19) : Shipbreaking Yard, Bombay. Name of steamer unrecorded. The one on the right is the Royal Indian Marine Ship 'Clive'.…
Photo 146/1(20) : 'Lot's Wife', Bombay Harbour. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(21) : Bombay Harbour, S.S. Rukmavati. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(22) : Bombay Harbour, Hog Island. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(23) : Bombay Harbour (Eastern confines), Elephanta. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Photo 146/1(24) : Bombay Harbour (Eastern confines), Elephanta. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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- 032-003049654[0001]/040-003049655
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 146
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 472 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1910
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 1910s-1930s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 40 mm x 30 mm to 207 mm x 153 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Gift, 1962: Donated by T. W. Venn, 11 April 1962.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Venn, Thomas Walters, 1882-1973