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Photo 364/13

Record Id:: 040-003069631
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-003068801
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100025720789.0x00033f
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 364/13
Title:: Zetland Collection: Album of 'Views of Burdwan'. Photographer(s): Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:: Black full-leather album, 265 x 375 mm, containing prints interleaved with captioned pages. Each corner of the front cover has a metal crest representing Burdwan State and the King. The front free endpaper carries the following handwritten dedication: 'A memento for the Burdwan Visit. Presented to the Earl of Ronaldshay, GCIE, with the warmest regards of Bijay Chand Mahtab, Maharajadhiraja Bahadur of Burdwan. The Palace, Burdwan, Bengal, India, Jan 8. 1918'. The prints are tinted photogravures (?) representing architectural and topographical views. The photograper's label is inside the back cover.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-003068801
040-003069631
Is part of:: Photo 364 : Zetland Collection: Photographs recording the travels and career of Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, second marquess of Zetland.…

Photo 364/13 : Zetland Collection: Album of 'Views of Burdwan'. Photographer(s): Johnston and Hoffmann
Contains:: Photo 364/13(1) : The Star of India Arch, erected by Maharajadhiraja Bijay Chand Mahtab Bahadur of Burdwan, to commemorate Lord Curzon's visit…
Photo 364/13(2) : The Burdwan Fraser Hospital. (The new Central Medical Institution named after Sir Andrew Fraser, Lieutenant-Governor of…
Photo 364/13(3) : The Anjuman Clock Tower, [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(4) : The north facade of the Raj Anjuman Kutchery Buildings, [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(5) : The north facade of the Mobarak Manzil palace, [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(6) : The Mahtab Manzil, [Barddhaman], with part of the south wing of the palace. (The principal residence of the Maharajadhiraja…
Photo 364/13(7) : The Mahtab Manzil, [Barddhaman], with the palace. S. Wing. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(8) : The Mahtab Manzil, [Barddhaman], with the palace. N. Wing. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(9) : The palace, [Barddhaman]. A distant view across the Suli Tank. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(10) : The Burdwan Raj College. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(11) : The shrine of Shah Bahram Sakka, [Barddhaman]. (Commonly called Peer Bahram). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(12) : The historical tombs of Shere Afghan, Governor of Burdwan (first husband of Meher-Un-Nissa, afterwards the Mogul Empress…
Photo 364/13(13) : The mausoleum of Kwhaja [sic] Anwara in Ber, [Barddhaman]. A mahomedan General who came to help Rai Jagat Ram of the Burdwan…
Photo 364/13(14) : The Mukbara [of Khwaja Anwar Shahid, Barddhaman]. Another view. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(15) : The Aftab House on Krishna Sagar, [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(16) : The Dilkusha Gardens. The Darul Bahar. (Summer palace) from across the Manash-Sarovar Tank, [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston…
Photo 364/13(17) : Darul Bahar. Dilkusha Gardens, [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(18) : An avenue, Dilkusha Gardens, [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(19) : Casaurina Avenue. Manash-Sarovar Tank, View No 1. (Dilkusha Gardens), [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(20) : Casaurina Avenue. Manash-Sarovar Tank, View No 2. (Dilkusha Gardens), [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(21) : The Palace Walk, Dilkusha Gardens, [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(22) : The moat or Nahar. Dilkusha Gardens, [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(23) : The island on the moat. Chatri and takht. Dilkusha Gardens, [Barddhaman]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(24) : The 108 temples, Nawab Hat. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Photo 364/13(25) : [Reproduction of a painting]. The installation ceremony of the Maharaj Adhiraj, Bijay Chand Mahtab Bahadur, at Burdwan, on the…
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Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 26 items
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Techniques:: Photogravure
Photomechanical Print
Start Date:: 1910
End Date:: 1919
Date Range:: 1910s
Era:: CE
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Physical Characteristics:: Dimensions: 94 mm x 200 mm to 170 mm x 200 mm
Source of Acquisition:: Deposited on permanent loan by the 3rd Marquess of Zetland, 1974
Material Type:: Photographs
Legal Status:: Not Known
Names:: Johnston and Hoffmann