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Photo 430/89
- Record Id:
- 040-003087390
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003087390
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025862941.0x001841
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 430/89
- Title:
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Curzon Collection: Views of Government House, Calcutta, the model of the Holwell Monument and miscellaneous photographic copies of engravings of Calcutta. Photographer(s): Bourne and Shepherd
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of ten loose prints, probably collected by Lord Curzon for possible use as illustrations in his 'British Government in India' (2 vols, London, 1925). Prints 1-2 show Government House, Calcutta, prints 3-4 are of the model of the replica Holwell Monument caused to be erected by Curzon in Dalhousie Square; print 5 shows a model of Old Fort William. The remaining prints are photographic copies of engracings of Calcutta scenes.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-003087390", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 430/89: Curzon Collection: Views of Government House, Calcutta, the model of the Holwell Monument and miscellaneous photographic copies of…" },{ "id" : "041-003087391", "parent" : "040-003087390", "text" : "Photo 430/89(1): [North front of Government House, Calcutta.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003087392", "parent" : "040-003087390", "text" : "Photo 430/89(2): [South Gateway of Government House Calcutta, looking towards the Maidan and the statue of Sir John Lawrence.] Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003087393", "parent" : "040-003087390", "text" : "Photo 430/89(3): 1st model [of the Holwell Monument, Calcutta]. Photographer: Harrington and Company" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003087394", "parent" : "040-003087390", "text" : "Photo 430/89(4): 1st model [of the Holwell Monument, Calcutta]. Photographer: Harrington and Company" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003087395", "parent" : "040-003087390", "text" : "Photo 430/89(5): Model in teak of Old Fort William in Bengal (prior to 1757). Presented by the Government of India 19? Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003087396", "parent" : "040-003087390", "text" : "Photo 430/89(6-10): [Miscellaneous photographic copies of engravings of Calcutta.] Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003082259
040-003087390 - Is part of:
- Photo 430 : Curzon Collection
Photo 430/89 : Curzon Collection: Views of Government House, Calcutta, the model of the Holwell Monument and miscellaneous photographic copies… - Contains:
- Photo 430/89(1) : [North front of Government House, Calcutta.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Photo 430/89(2) : [South Gateway of Government House Calcutta, looking towards the Maidan and the statue of Sir John Lawrence.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 430/89(3) : 1st model [of the Holwell Monument, Calcutta]. Photographer: Harrington and Company
Photo 430/89(4) : 1st model [of the Holwell Monument, Calcutta]. Photographer: Harrington and Company
Photo 430/89(5) : Model in teak of Old Fort William in Bengal (prior to 1757). Presented by the Government of India 19? Photographer: Unknown
Photo 430/89(6-10) : [Miscellaneous photographic copies of engravings of Calcutta.] Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Photo 430/89 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003082259[0088]/040-003087390
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 430
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 6 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- Early1900s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 150 mm x 74 mm to 288 mm x 242 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Collection transferred from OIOC European Manuscripts Mss Eur F111/492.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known