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Photo 501/2

Record Id:

040-003096748

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003096697

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100025910660.0x00023a

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 501/2

Title:

Charles Frederick Sykes Collection: Album of Indian views. Photographer(s): Unknown

Scope & Content:

Black half leather bound album measuring 280x390mm, spine piece missing and album block loose. The album contains views of the Royal Engineering College at Cooper's Hill, Calcutta, Lahore, Peshawar, Nowshera, Amritsar, Murree, Kashmir, Simla, Naini Tal, Agra, Sikandra, Delhi, and Lucknow. The photographs are mainly commercially produced work, with handwritten captions in ink either on the print surface or album page.

From the collection of Charles Frederick Sykes (great-uncle of the donor). C. F. Sykes trained at the Royal Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, and subsequently served as an engineer in India until his retirement in 1906.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003096697
040-003096748

Is part of:

Photo 501 : Charles Frederick Sykes Collection: Photographs of India and Scotland.

Photo 501/2 : Charles Frederick Sykes Collection: Album of Indian views. Photographer(s): Unknown

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003096697[0002]/040-003096748

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

89 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: 111 mm x 153 mm to 263 mm x 355 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Presented by Mr M. Sykes

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known