Photo 364/19

Black full-leather bound album measuring 328 x 450 mm, with uncaptioned prints mounted from one to six per page. The absence of captions means that most of the events recorded remain unidentified, but the contents can be broadly broken down into the following categories of material:

Prints 1-7 Formal group portraits takn by professional photographers on various occasions.

Prints 8-32 Unidentified official occasion(s), at Belvedere, Calcutta and other locations.

Prints 33-39 Shikar scenes.

Prints 40-89 Portraits of ethnic types, mainly Tibetan, probably taken at Darjiling.

Prints 90-112 Scenes at Darjiling, including a series of views of a performance of a 'Devil Dance', photographed by M. Sain. A photograph of a foundation stone (of an unidentified structure) laid by The Earl of Ronaldsay (Marquess of Zetland), is dated 27 October 1917.

Prints 113-120 Miscellaneous scenes, (?)Bengal.

Prints 121-130 The Himalayas, photographed from Darjiling.

Prints 131-142 Miscellaneous views: temple architecture in Orissa (including view of Surya Temple at Konarak), fakirs and ethnic groups, European house interior, shikar scene.

Prints 143-154 Ethnic groups, probably Tibetan.

Prints 155-157 Groups at an official function.

Prints 158-161 Snapshots.

Prints 162-170 Record of an official function, with twin-engined bi-plane landing at an unidentified location.

Prints 171-181 Temple architecture (structure unidentified - Bengal style).

Prints 182-237 Scenes in Darjiling and the Himalayas: mountain scenery, Tibetan and other ethnic groups.

Prints 238-249 Shikar scenes.

Prints 250-263 Miscellaneous: group portraits, a potter at work, unidentified buildings, panoramic view of Belvedere, the Governor of Bengal's official residence in Calcutta.