Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Photo 792(1634)
- Record Id:
- 040-003106960
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003106267
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026024896.0x000dec
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 792(1634)
- Title:
-
Howrah Bridge with Howrah Station in the background. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
- Scope & Content:
-
Genre: Landscape Photography
View looking westwards across the bridge from the east bank. An excellent view, with the roadway in the foreground busy with bullock carts and pedestrians. The date of 1909 visible on the pediment of a building on the riverbank supplies the earliest possible date for this photograph.
Subjects = bridges; bullock carts; Newsome-Glenn Collection; road transport; roads and highways; street scenes; transport
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003106267
040-003106960 - Is part of:
- Photo 792 : Newsome-Glenn Collection: Miscellaneous Indian Views.
Photo 792(1634) : Howrah Bridge with Howrah Station in the background. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann - Hierarchy:
- 032-003106267[0693]/040-003106960
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 792
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1909
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- c 1910s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 22022
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Johnston and Hoffmann
- Subjects:
- Howrah Bridge (Calcutta)
- Places:
- Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia