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Photo 406/2

Record Id:

040-003081721

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003081668

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100025862941.0x00021c

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 406/2

Title:

Album of views of India and Ceylon Photographer(s): Nicholas and Company

Scope & Content:

Album, originally measuring 264x390mm, now lacking covers, but with pages still bound at spine. Companion volume and in similar state to Photo 406/1. This album continues the documentation and covers Delhi, Lucknow, Benares, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Madras and Ceylon.

The majority of the prints are unsigned, apart from a few by Scowen & Co. and some Madras views that can be identified as the work of Nicholas & Co. Print 21, however, is reproduced in Montague Massey's Recollections of Calcutta for over half a century (Calcutta, 1918), and is there credited to Johnston & Hoffmann. It is likely that the other Calcutta views (prints 19-27) are also the work of that firm, and many of the captions are similar to views listed in the Johnston & Hoffmann catalogue. The Darjeeling views (prints 28-35), where Johnston & Hoffmann also maintained a studio, may also be the work of the firm.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003081668
040-003081721

Is part of:

Photo 406 : Photographs of the Middle East, India and Ceylon. Photographer(s): Arnoux, Hippolyte

Photo 406/2 : Album of views of India and Ceylon Photographer(s): Nicholas and Company

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003081668[0002]/040-003081721

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 406

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

61 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:

1889

Date Range:

1870s-1880s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 152 mm x 207 mm to 208 mm x 537 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased from M. Sexton.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known

Names:

Nicholas and Company