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Photo 262/1

Record Id:: 040-003059072
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-003059071
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x001241
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 262/1
Title:: Joseph Robert Sheffield Collection: Stereoscopic glass negatives of Indian scenes. Photographer(s): Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Scope & Content:: Collection of original glass stereoscopic negatives of Indian scenes (numbers 374-387 are single image negatives). The collection is the work of Joseph Robert Sheffield (1860-1909), an engineer on the Rajputana Malwa Railway, and includes landscapes, architectural studies and a series of famine photographs. The majority of the images are captioned in the negative as well as having handwritten titles on the original newspaper used as wrappers (now removed for conservation reasons). Some negatives (mainly the famine series) also have letterpress captions pasted onto the glass. Only a few of the negatives are dated (1903 and 1905, with one negative dated 1909), and most of the photographs were probably taken during the first decade of the twentieth century.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-003059071
040-003059072
Is part of:: Photo 262 : Joseph Robert Sheffield Collection: Stereoscopic negatives and lantern slides of Indian scenes. Photographer(s): Sheffield, Joseph Robert

Photo 262/1 : Joseph Robert Sheffield Collection: Stereoscopic glass negatives of Indian scenes. Photographer(s): Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Contains:: Photo 262/1(1) : Famine, India. Waiting for admission. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(2) : Famine, India. Disposal of the dead, 'the whole country side is strewn with skulls.' Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(3) : Famine, India. Famine victims. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(4) : Famine, India. A typical group. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(5) : Famine, India. A typical group. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(6) : Famine, India. A typical group. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(7) : Famine, India. An Appeal. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(8) : Famine, India. 'Oliver Twist gets more'. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(9) : Famine, India. The widow and the fatherless. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(10) : Famine, India. A typical group. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(11) : Famine, India. Disposal of the dead, under hedges. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(12) : Famine, India. Group of 150. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(13) : Famine, India. A group of children. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(14) : Famine, India. Disposal of the dead, 'The day after death.' Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(15) : Famine, India. Disposal of the dead, 'the nullahs are full of bones and skulls.' Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(16) : Famine, India. America sent maize, too late for granny is dying. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(17) : Famine, India. A group after breakfast. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(18) : Famine, India. Famine relief work, 'the Bunniah.' Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(19) : Famine, India. Famine relief work, carrying earth. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(20) : Famine relief work. Men hauling road roller. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(21) : Famine, India. Famine relief work, cleaning a well. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(22) : Famine, India. Famine relief work, cleaning a well. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(23) : Mehsana Station, R.-M. Ry. [Rajputana-Malwa Railway]. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(24) : Post Ofice, Mehsana. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Photo 262/1(25) : Mehsana-Patan 'Wash-away,' 1900. Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
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Hierarchy:: 032-003059071[0001]/040-003059072
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Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 387 items
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Languages:: Not applicable
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Techniques:: Glass Negative
Negative
Photograph
Start Date:: 1899
End Date:: 1901
Date Range:: c 1900-1909
Era:: CE
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Physical Characteristics:: Dimensions: 82 mm x 215 mm
Source of Acquisition:: Gift, 1967: Presented by P. I. Lake (Consular Department, FCO), son-in-law of William R. Sheffield (son of Joseph Robert Sheffield), 21 November 1967.
Material Type:: Photographs
Legal Status:: Not Known
Names:: Sheffield, Joseph Robert