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Photo 409/1

Record Id:

040-003081805

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003081804

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100025862941.0x000270

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 409/1

Title:

Sir Denys Pilditch Collection: Album of photographs of tribes and castes in the United Provinces. Photographer(s): Unknown

Scope & Content:

Maroon half-leather album, 252x350mm, containing mounted prints identified in an accompanying manuscript list, from the collection of Sir Denys Pilditch. The photographs are ethnographical studies of men and women from various tribes and castes, the majority appear to be criminals and may have been photographed for police work. There are also detailed photographs of counterfeit money.

Sir Denys Pilditch (1891-1975) joined the Indian Police, UP, in 1912 and later served from 1939-45 as Director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003081804
040-003081805

Is part of:

Photo 409 : Sir Denys Pilditch Collection.

Photo 409/1 : Sir Denys Pilditch Collection: Album of photographs of tribes and castes in the United Provinces. Photographer(s): Unknown

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003081804[0001]/040-003081805

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

55 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print

Start Date:

1910

End Date:

1919

Date Range:

1910s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 38 mm x 79 mm to 170 mm x 251 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Presented by Mrs B. Stoddart.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known