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Photo 472/20
- Record Id:
- 040-003093239
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003091915
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025910244.0x0008de
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 472/20
- Title:
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Sir Geoffrey Ramsden Collection: Miscellaneous Architectural Views of India. Photographer(s): Ramsden, Geoffrey Charles Freschville
- Scope & Content:
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Ring binder, 212x283mm, with crocodile skin covers. Prints are mounted with corner mounts and are uncaptioned. The photographs are architectural views of celebrated Indian monuments.
Prints 1-3. The Taj Mahal, Agra.
Print 4. Itimad-ud-daulah's tomb, Agra.
Print 5. The Hiran Minar at Fatehpur Sikri.
Print 6. John Nicholson's statue.
Print 7. The Iron Pilar, Delhi.
Prints 8-9. The Panch Mahal at Fatehpur Sikri.
Print 10. The Diwan-i-Khas, Red Fort.
Print 11. View from the interior of the Moti Masjid, Red Fort.
Prints 12-13. The Taj Mahal, Agra.
Prints 14-15. The Moti Masjid, Agra.
Prints 16-17. Secretariat Buildings, New Delhi.
Prints 18-20. Akbar's tomb, Sikandra.
Prints 21-22. The Jami Masjid, Delhi.
Prints 23-24. Purana Qila, Delhi.
Print 25. Detail of Itimad-ud-daulah's tomb, Agra.
Prints 26-27. Taj Mahal, Agra.
Prints 28-29. Fatehpur Sikri.
Prints 30-31. Taj Mahal, Agra.
Print 32. Shaikh Salim Chishti's tomb, Fatehpur Sikri.
Print 33. Detail of Itimad-ud-daulah's tomb, Agra.
Prints 34-36. Distant views of the Taj Mahal from the Fort, Agra.
Print 37. Itimad-ud-daulah's tomb, Agra.
Print 38. Jumna River at the Taj, Agra.
Print 39. Palaces at Fatehpur Sikri.
Print 40. Audience hall interior, Agra or Delhi?
Prints 41-42. Views at Fatehpur Sikri.
Print 43. Distant view of the Taj Mahal, Agra.
Print 44. Mosque interior, Agra or Delhi?
Print 45. Unidentified temple doorway.
Print 46. Jantar Mantar, Delhi.
Print 47. Duplicate of 40.
Print 48. Interior of the Diwan-i-Khas, Agra.
Prints 49-50. Sanchi Tope.
Print 51-52. Views at Bhopal.
Print 53. Connaught Hotel, Bhopal?
Print 54. Mosque interior, Bhopal.
Print 55. Unidentified palace?
Print 56. Distant view of the City Palace, Udaipur.
Print 57. Unidentified cenotaph?
Prints 58-59. Amber palace.
Prints 60-65. Udaipur including Jagdish temple, palaces and lake.
Prints 66-67. Fort and Jaya Stambh at Chittaurgarh.
Print 68. Distant view of City Palace, Udaipur.
Prints 69-70. Jaya Stambh and temple at Chittaurgarh.
Prints 71-75. Views at Ajanta and Ellora.
Print 76. Distant view of the Fort, Daulatabad.
Prints 77-78. Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Aurangabad.
Print 79. Facade of Buddhist temple at Ellichpur.
Prints 80-82. Ellora temples.
Print 83. Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Aurangabad.
Print 84. Distant view of Daulatabad Fort.
Print 85. Baillie Guard Gate, Lucknow.
Prints 86-88. Gwalior Fort.
Print 89. Albert Hall, Jaipur.
Print 90. Taj Mahal, Agra.
Print 91. Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Aurangabad.
Sir Geoffrey Charles Frescheville Ramsden (1893-1990) entered the army in 1914 and served as a captain with the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment on the North-West Frontier from 1915-19. He entered the Indian Civil Service the following year and was Secretary to the Indian Tariff Board from 1923-25. In 1926 and from 1931-34, he was Deputy Commissioner of Jubbulpore, and Commissioner, Jubbulpore Division 1936 and 1941-44. From 1937-40, he was Commissioner, Chhatisgarh Division and also served as Financial Commissioner, Central Provinces and Berar from 1941-45 and 1946-47. He retired in 1948.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003091915
040-003093239 - Is part of:
- Photo 472 : Sir Geoffrey Ramsden Collection: Photographs relating to the life and career in India of Sir Geoffrey Ramsden. Photographer(s):…
Photo 472/20 : Sir Geoffrey Ramsden Collection: Miscellaneous Architectural Views of India. Photographer(s): Ramsden, Geoffrey Charles Freschville - Hierarchy:
- 032-003091915[0020]/040-003093239
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 472
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 91 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1930
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 1930s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 73 mm x 50 mm to 150 mm x 200 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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(?)Estate of Sir Geoffrey Ramsden.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Ramsden, Geoffrey Charles Frescheville, 1893-1990