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Photo 784/7

Record Id:: 040-003051207
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-003051193
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 784/7
Title:: Sir William Foster Collection: Lantern slides of India
Scope & Content:: Collection of 94 lantern slides, originally housed in two wooden boxes belonging to Sir William Foster. The slides, mainly acquired from various commercially available set (Our Indian Empire, Two months in India with a camera, etc), present a tour of India starting at Bombay and then proceeding to Rajasthan, Delhi, Lahore, Amritsar, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Calcutta and Darjeeling. Southern India is covered by views of Madras, Trichinopoly, Madura, the series ending with a set of views of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-003051193
040-003051207
Is part of:: Photo 784 : Sir William Foster Collection: Photographs, negatives and lantern slides relating to India, portraits of Indian notables, the history…

Photo 784/7 : Sir William Foster Collection: Lantern slides of India
Contains:: Photo 784/7(41) : The Jumma Musjeed, Agra [India series]. Photographer: unknown
Photo 784/7(42) : The Tomb of Prince Etmad Dowlah [Agra] [India series]. Photographer: unknown
Photo 784/7(43) : Agra. Itma-dowlah's Tomb, carved screen [Two months in India with the camera series]. Photographer: unknown
Photo 784/7(44) : Agra. The Fort, Delhi Gate. Photographer: unknown
Photo 784/7(45) : Agra. The Fort and Palace [Our Indian Empire series]. Photographer: unknown
Photo 784/7(46) : Agra. Front of the Pearl Mosque [Indian Empire series]. Photographer: unknown
Photo 784/7(47) : [Distant view of the Taj Mahal from Agra Fort.] Photographer: unknown
Photo 784/7(48) : [Mussaman Burj, Agra Fort.] Photographer: unknown
Photo 784/7(49) : [Taj Mahal, Agra.] Photographer: unknown
Photo 784/7(50) : Agra. Sarcophagi in interior of Taj [Indian Empire series]. Photographer: unknown

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Hierarchy:: 032-003051193[0007]/040-003051207
Container:: View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 784
Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 94 lantern slides
Digitised Content:
Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Techniques:: Lantern Slide
Photograph
Start Date:: 1890
End Date:: 1909
Date Range:: 1890s-1900s
Era:: CE
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Physical Characteristics:: Glass lantern slides, measuring 82mm x 82mm
Source of Acquisition:: Presented by Sir William Foster (1863-1951), Registrar and Superintendent of Records, India Office 1907-23; Historiographer to the India Office 1923-27
Arrangement:: Follows Sir William Foster's numbering and arrangement
Material Type:: Photographs
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)