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Photo 709/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003101181
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003101179
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026021938.0x000592
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 709/2
- Title:
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Major-General Robert Cotton Money Collection: Album of views in Africa, India and Iran. Photographer(s): Money, Robert Cotton
- Scope & Content:
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Light brown cloth-covered album, 375x290mm, containing mounted prints with captions handwritten in white.
Prints 1-18: Views in Africa including sea planes at Lagos, the palace at Omdurman near Khartoum and Egyptian pyramids. Prints 19-22: Sir Archibald Wavell's birthday, New Delhi, May 1942. Prints 23-26: Mysore plateau. Prints 27-28: A temple car. Prints 29-30: Ethnographical portraits. Print 31: View at Vellore. Print 32: Portrait of a boy. Print 33: Temple at Arrakonam. Print 34: European couple at 26 Civil Rd, Madras. Print 35-37: The garrison church, Madras, including interiors and the statue of Adjutant-General Conway (d.1837). Prints 38-46: Views at Tranquebar including an oil-mill and the fort. Prints 47-49: Views at Pondicherry including the British consulate and Dupleix statue. Prints 50-52: Tanjore temple views. Prints 53-55: Views at Trichinopoly including a portrait of Brigadier Irwin, 53rd Indian Infantry. Prints 56-65: Madurai temple views, including a display of the temple jewels and terracotta horses. Prints 66-68: Views at Pondicherry including the Dupleix statue. Prints 69-77: Miscellaneous views and portraits in South India including the Dutch church at Dhanushkodi. Prints 78-80: Wavell's visit to Bangalore. Prints 81-83: Mysore plateau. Print 84: Tata Building, Bangalore. Prints 85-90: Miscellaneous views in South India including Arrakonam. Print 91-93: Mysore, including the palace and nandi statue. Prints 94-106: Seringapatam views including the breach, cemetery and frescoes. Prints 107-116: Miscellaneous views and portraits in South India including the Nilgiris and Palghat fort. Print 117-128 Madras, including memorials in the church (St George's?) and decor in the Church of St Jean de Luz. Prints 129-132: Temple views at Mamallapuram (Seven Pagodas). Prints 133-140: Views in Arcot including the fort at Gingee. Prints 141-146: Views of work in the paddy fields of South India. Print 147-188: Miscellaneous views in towns and rural areas of south-west India, including tea plantations, people wearing rain hats, boat-builders, school ferry at Alwaye, army training, palace at Ernakulam, fishing at Cochin, Kottayam, Cochin architecture, Malabar Coast views, Cape Comorin and Travancore Residency. Prints 189-210: Aerial views in South India including Trichinopoly, Nagapatam, Karaikal, Cochin and Coimbatore. Also views of planes and pilots. Print 211: French First World War memorial. Print 212: View of two bullock carts laden with produce. Prints 213-227: Snapshot views in the Red Fort, Delhi. Prints 228-298: Miscellaneous views in Balochistan and Persia (Iran), including Quetta, building a tank ditch near Nushki, desert views, Dalbandin, Nokkundi school, Zahedan, Nosratabad, Lut desert, road building in Eastern Persia, tomb at Mahan, Kerman (including carpetmakers), winter training at Quetta and Daghari coalfield. Prints 299-314: Views at Rohri and Sukkur including boat-builders and boatmen on the Indus and the Sukkur Barrage. Prints 315-329: Views at Lahore including the Zamzamah gun and the Fort. Prints 330-337: A meeting of Commanders at Delhi, including Wavell. Prints 338-340: Mountain scenery near Quetta. Prints 341-343: Camel caravan. Print 344: French war memorial (Dup. of Print 211).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003101179
040-003101181 - Is part of:
- Photo 709 : Major-General Robert Cotton Money Collection: Photographs relating to service in India and Iran during World War II.…
Photo 709/2 : Major-General Robert Cotton Money Collection: Album of views in Africa, India and Iran. Photographer(s): Money, Robert Cotton - Hierarchy:
- 032-003101179[0002]/040-003101181
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 709
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1942
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 1942-1944
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 83 mm x 66 mm to 300 mm x 116 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Donated by Major Robert Cotton Money.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Subjects:
- Second World War (1939-1945)