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Photo 481/4

Record Id:

040-003093987

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003093805

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100025910244.0x000bca

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 481/4

Title:

Richard Douglas Perceval Collection: Album of views of railway building in Balochistan and scenes at Quetta. Photographer(s): Bremner, Frederick

Scope & Content:

Brown and maroon half-leather bound album measuring 328x395mm, somewhat scuffed and with cloth partly detached, but generally sound. Prints are mounted one to a page, the majority captioned in pencil beneath the image. The contents of the album can be broken down as follows:

Prints 1-33 Railway construction scenes on the Chaman Extension Railway between Gulistan and Chaman, including scenes in the Khojak Pass. Also includes some views of Quetta and other locations.

Prints 34-53 Views and portrait groups at Quetta, including scenes from an amateur dramatic production, portraits of racehorses and portraits of military groups.

Prints 54-57 Views of the eastern entrance to the Khojak Tunnel at Shelabagh.

Prints 58-60 Portraits of Mr Hodson and family, Quetta.

Prints 61-79 Non-Indian subjects: portraits of hounds and horses and hunting scenes in Ireland. Not individually listed.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003093805
040-003093987

Is part of:

Photo 481 : Richard Douglas Perceval Collection: Photographs of railway construction in the North-West Frontier Province.

Photo 481/4 : Richard Douglas Perceval Collection: Album of views of railway building in Balochistan and scenes at Quetta. Photographer(s):…

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003093805[0004]/040-003093987

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 481

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

79 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1880

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

1880s-1890s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 133 mm x 164 mm to 238 mm x 570 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Received from Lieut. Col. M.C. Perceval-Price, Saintfield House, 71 Old Belfast Road, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known

Names:

Bremner, Frederick, 1863-1941