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Photo 364/16
- Record Id:
- 040-003069677
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003068801
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025720789.0x00036d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 364/16
- Title:
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Zetland Collection: Album of miscellaneous Indian views and portraits. Photographer(s): Johnston and Hoffmann
- Scope & Content:
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Black full-leather album, 320 x 450 mm, containing uncaptioned mounted prints. Prints 1-8 Views of the interior of Government House, Calcutta. Prints 9-10 Group portraits with the Marquess of Zetland. Print 9 includes Sir Harcourt Butler. Print 11 Portrait of the Marquess of Zetland sitting at his desk when Governor of Bengal. Prints 12-13 View of an unidentified colonial building (Governor's residence?) and a banyan tree in the grounds. Prints 14-29 Views in Burdwan State including the wedding (?) of a Burdwan prince; portraits of the prince and the Maharaja and his sons; views in a garden with Indian inscriptions on the walls; scenes at an official function with the Maharaja and Zetland and their respective families and officials. Prints 30-38 Views in Sikkim (?) including forest dwellers and views of an official function with Zetland and schoolchildren. Print 39 Bust of Sir William Jones. Prints 40-45 Views of Jain rock-cut temples at Udayagiri. Prints 46-56 Views of temples at Bhubaneshwar. Prints 57-60 Views of cyclone (?) damage to buildings in an unidentified location. Prints 61-76 Marquess of Zetland performing a foundation laying ceremony at Burdwan. Prints 77-122 Various views in or near Tibet including mountain scenery, groups of monks, scenes of rural life, views of bridges. Prints 123-141 Views at Pandua and Gaur. Print 142 Portrait of the Marquess of Zetland with the Maharaja of Burdwan and two unknown European men. Print 143 Group portrait with the Viceroy, Lord Chelmsford, and officials including Lord Willingdon, Marquess of Zetland and Sir Harcourt Butler. Prints 144-149 Architectural views at an unknown location, probably in Bengal. Views include a Hindu temple with details of figurative stone carving round a doorway and a mosque or tomb. Print 150 View of the 109 Shiva temples at Kalna arranged in two concentric circles. Prints 151-170 Mountain scenery in the Himalayas including camp scenes. Prints 171-192 Travels in Tibet (?) including village scenes, a dance and groups of monks. Prints 193-204 Mountain scenery in the Himalayas including camp scenes. Prints 205-208 Camping in a Himalayan village. Prints 209-224 Travelling through the Himalayas including mountain scenery, camp scenes and a village.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003068801
040-003069677 - Is part of:
- Photo 364 : Zetland Collection: Photographs recording the travels and career of Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, second marquess of Zetland.…
Photo 364/16 : Zetland Collection: Album of miscellaneous Indian views and portraits. Photographer(s): Johnston and Hoffmann - Hierarchy:
- 032-003068801[0017]/040-003069677
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 364
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1910
- End Date:
- 1929
- Date Range:
- 1910s-1920s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 73 mm x 107 mm to 245 mm x 290 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Deposited on permanent loan by the 3rd Marquess of Zetland, 1974
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Johnston and Hoffmann
- Subjects:
- Named Collections
Zetland Collection