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Photo 498/5
- Record Id:
- 040-003096451
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003096215
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025910660.0x000111
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 498/5
- Title:
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Charles Dennis Balding Collection: Album of views in India. Photographer(s): Balding, Charles Dennis
- Scope & Content:
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Brown quarter bound photograph album measuring 233x160mm, containing prints inserted two to a page in window mounts, with typescript captions beneath. Some prints contain additional caption information on the reverse, and this has been incorporated into the main caption or noted as appropriate. The album contains views at Varanasi (Benares), the Nilgiri Hills, Bihar and the Dafla Hills.
The collection was compiled by Major Charles Dennis Balding, Hampshire and Burma Rifles 1915-c.43.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003096215
040-003096451 - Is part of:
- Photo 498 : Charles Dennis Balding Collection: Photographs of India, Burma and Mesopotamia. Photographer(s): Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5 : Charles Dennis Balding Collection: Album of views in India. Photographer(s): Balding, Charles Dennis - Contains:
- Photo 498/5(1) : Benares. The Scindhia Ghat with the temple of Amati in the background. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(2) : The Dasaswamedh Ghat, one of the five holy places at which all pilgrims must bathe [Benares]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(3) : A Maharaja's house with ghat leading down to the river [Benares]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(4) : The Hindoo Burning Ghat [Benares]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(5) : A street scene, Benares, quite the broadest in the city. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(6) : The famous golden temple at Benares. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(7) : Country boats on the Ganges [Benares]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(8) : A general view of the ghats shewing Aurangzeb's mosque in the distance. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(9) : The Maharajah's Palace, Benares. It is some three miles from the city. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(10) : Shewing a photo of one minaret of Aurangzeb's mosque taken from the other [Benares]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(11) : The Monkey Temple, Benares. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(12) : A general view [of Benares] including the riverbank taken from Aurangzeb's Mosque. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(13) : Clark's Hotel, Benares. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(14) : A general view of the city [of Benares] taken from Aurangzeb's Mosque. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(15) : Country taken from the train nr Madras. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(16) : View of Coonoor taken from the railway. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(17) : View of the Nilgiris between Adigaratti and Wellington. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(18) : A typical view of the Nilgiri country near Wellington. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(19) : Some fine trees [Nilgiri Hills]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(20) : The blue gums of the Nilgiris. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(21) : A view of the Nilgiris taken from the Metupulyam - Coonoor Road. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(22) : View of Coonoor and the mountain railway. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(23) : Adigaratti Camp, view from mess tent; my tent at foot of hill. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(24) : Camp at Adigaratti [Nilgiri Hills]. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
Photo 498/5(25) : Entrance to the Kailasa, Caves of Ellora. Photographer: Balding, Charles Dennis
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- 032-003096215[0005]/040-003096451
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 498
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 60 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1921
- Date Range:
- 1915-1921
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 73 mm x 98 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Presented with journals 21 July 1978: see file FL3/PT/129
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Balding, Charles Dennis, army officer, fl 1914-1942