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Photo 303/2

Record Id:
040-003060777
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003060635
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100025712784.0x0004ee
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 303/2
Title:

Allardyce Collection: Album of views and portraits in Hyderabad, Golconda, Ellora, Daulatabad and Aurungabad. Photographer(s): Dosabhoy, Pestonjee

Scope & Content:

Brown half-leather album, somewhat scuffed at corners, measuring 410x522mm. Written in ink on the front fixed endpaper is the following inscription: 'Album of Photographs:- Hyderabad Assigned Districts and Berar. Collected by Colonel James Allardyce (1854-77). Presented to the India Office Library, by his son, Brigadier J. G. B. Allardyce, June 1946'. Prints are mounted one to a page with pencilled captions written near the gutter. Prints 1-13, comprising portraits of Hyderabad nobility and groups taken during the Lord Napier's visit in 1874, are mounted at the front of the volume. Prints 14-30, architectural views of Hyderabad and surounding areas, are mounted at the back of the volume.

Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003060635
040-003060777
Is part of:
Photo 303 : James Allardyce Collection: Photographs of India (mainly in Hyderabad). Photographer(s): Dosabhoy, Pestonjee; Gill, Robert

 

Photo 303/2 : Allardyce Collection: Album of views and portraits in Hyderabad, Golconda, Ellora, Daulatabad and Aurungabad. Photographer(s):…
Contains:
Photo 303/2(1) : H.H. The Nizam [of Hyderabad]. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(2) : H. Ex[cellency] Sir Salar [Jang]. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(3) : Raja Chundoolal. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(4) : Raja Nurinder Parsad Peshkar Narain Prasad]. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(5) : [Shams-ul-Umara of Hyderabad.] Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(6) : H.H. Mookrumerood Dowlah [of Hyderabad]. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(7) : H.H[ighne]ss Basheer ood Dowlah [Sir Asman Jah of Hyderabad]. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(8) : H.H. Shahab Jung. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(9) : H.H. Shumsheer Jung. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(10) : H.H. Mortasham ood Dowlah. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(11) : H.H. Khooshed Jaha. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(12) : Nizam Yar Jung. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(13) : Group of Lord Napier of Magdalla [sic] in Public Garden [Hyderabad]. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(14) : Elora Cave. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(15) : Elora Cave. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(16) : Elora Cave. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(17) : Elora Cave. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(18) : Elora Cave. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(19) : Dowlatabad Fort. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(20) : Beebi Ka Mookbura at Aurungabad. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(21) : Tombs at Golconda. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(22) : Golconda Fort. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(23) : Reception tent for Lord Napier in Public Garden [Hyderabad]. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(24) : Public Garden [Hyderabad]. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
Photo 303/2(25) : H.Ex. Drawing Room [Hyderabad]. Photographer: Dosabhoy, Pestonjee
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Hierarchy:
032-003060635[0002]/040-003060777
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 303
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
30 items
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Not applicable
Techniques:
Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print
Start Date:
1870
End Date:
1879
Date Range:
1870s
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 205 mm x 275 mm to 213 mm x 276 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Presented by Brigadier J. G. B. Allardyce, June 1946.

Material Type:
Photographs
Legal Status:
Not Known
Names:
Dosabhoy, Pestonjee, photographer, fl 1870-1875