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Photo 709/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003101182
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003101179
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026021938.0x000593
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 709/3
- Title:
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Major-General Robert Cotton Money Collection: Album of mainly architectural and ethnographical views in Udaipur. Photographer(s): Money, Robert Cotton
- Scope & Content:
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Black and green quarter-leather album, 237x315mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions.
Prints 1-3: British officers and families at Quetta Railway Station, and a view of the line in Balochistan. Prints 4-6: Government House and the gardens at New Delhi. Prints 7-11: Palaces at Udaipur. Prints 12-13: Portrait of a Rajput man and his grandchildren, and a view of guests visiting the palace at Udaipur. Prints 14-15: Palace views, Udaipur. Print 16: Group of three Wrens (Women's Royal Naval Service) on leave at Udaipur. Print 17: View of a ghat. Prints 18-19: Murals in one of the island palaces, Udaipur. Prints 20-21: Views of the Jagdish temple, Udaipur. Print 22: View of two women carrying water pots on their heads. Print 23: Group of nautch girls. Print 24: Jeweller at work. Print 25: Silversmith weighing jewellery. Print 26: Dyers at work. Print 27: Sari-maker at work. Print 28: A man making up lengths of coloured cotton. Print 29: A man working gold leaf into a sari. Print 30: A gunsmith's workshop. Print 31: A man painting small clay figures. Prints 32-34: Views of gateways. Print 35: Women selling produce at the vegetable market. Print 36-42: View of temples at Eklingji, including the brass Nandi. Print 43: Portrait of the head priest at Eklingji, wearing his ceremonial clothes. Prints 44-46: Views of a Rajput wedding. Prints 47-48: Views of a fountain and chattris (probably at Ahar). Print 49: A herd of wild pigs. Prints 50-51: Plaques at the Robert Money School, Bombay, erected in 1908 by the Church Missionary Society.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003101179
040-003101182 - Is part of:
- Photo 709 : Major-General Robert Cotton Money Collection: Photographs relating to service in India and Iran during World War II.…
Photo 709/3 : Major-General Robert Cotton Money Collection: Album of mainly architectural and ethnographical views in Udaipur. Photographer(s):… - Contains:
- Photo 709/3(16) : Some WRENS on leave at Udaipur. Photographer: Money, Robert Cotton
Photo 709/3(23) : Palace dancing girls, [Udaipur]. Photographer: Money, Robert Cotton
Photo 709/3(24) : Working jeweller, [Udaipur]. Photographer: Money, Robert Cotton
Photo 709/3(25) : Silversmith, [Udaipur]. Photographer: Money, Robert Cotton
Photo 709/3(26) : Dyers, [Udaipur]. The multicoloured patterns are produced by twisting and knotting the material before each dip. Photographer:…
Photo 709/3(27) : Making material for a sari, [Udaipur]. Some sort of wax gilt with gold leaf is used to make the pattern in relief.…
Photo 709/3(28) : Skeins of coloured cotton being made up, [Udaipur]. Photographer: Money, Robert Cotton
Photo 709/3(29) : Sari, working on the gold leaf, [Udaipur]. Photographer: Money, Robert Cotton
Photo 709/3(30) : The gunsmith, [Udaipur]. Photographer: Money, Robert Cotton
Photo 709/3(31) : Clay toys (and flies!). Photographer: Money, Robert Cotton
Photo 709/3(35) : The vegetable market, [Udaipur]. Onions, leeks [and] green chili. Photographer: Money, Robert Cotton
Photo 709/3(43) : The chief priest, [Eklingji]. I was received and in due course the old boy insisted on making up and having his ceremonial hat put…
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Photo 709/3 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003101179[0003]/040-003101182
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 709
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 13 items
- 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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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 127 mm x 109 mm to 109 mm x 163 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Donated by Major Robert Cotton Money.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Money, Robert Cotton
Money, Robert Cotton
Money, Robert Cotton
Money, Robert Cotton - Subjects:
- Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Nautch Girls
Nautch Girls
Nautch Girls
Nautch Girls
Occupations
Occupations
Occupations
Occupations
People
People
People
People
Women
Women
Women
Women