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Photo 663/1

Record Id:

040-003118388

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003118387

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026029619.0x000f44

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 663/1

Title:

William Vernon Emanuel Collection: Photographs of Archaeological Sites in the Swat Valley. Photographer(s): Weatherhead, T. D.

Scope & Content:

Kodak negative wallet containing 98 nitrate film negatives of archaeological sites in the Swat Valley, with identifying captions listed on index sheets and on film edges. The index lists 100 negatives: negative 77 is missing. Contemporary prints exist only for negative nos. 9, 15, 19, 21, 25, 27 and 29.

The original owner of this collection, William Vernon Emanuel (d. 1940), was the author of The Wild Asses. A Journey through Persia (London: 1939), and acted as interpreter and officer in charge of equipment, commisariat and supplies to the 1938 Swat and Afghanistan expedition. He was killed early in the Second World War. Lectured at the Royal Central Asian Society on 18 Jan 1939, and at the Royal Geographical Society on 6 Feb 1939. See also his article in the Illustrated London News of 24 December 1938, pp. 1189-91.

For the detailed report of the expedition, see no. 64 of the Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India: Evert Barger and Philip Wright, Excavations in Swat and Explorations in the Oxus Territories of Afghanistan (Delhi, 1941).

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003118387
040-003118388

Is part of:

Photo 663 : William Vernon Emanuel Collection: Miscellaneous prints and negatives. Photographer(s): Emanuel, William Vernon

Photo 663/1 : William Vernon Emanuel Collection: Photographs of Archaeological Sites in the Swat Valley. Photographer(s): Weatherhead, T. D.

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003118387[0001]/040-003118388

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

106 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Film Negative
Negative
Nitrate Negative
Photograph

Start Date:

1938

End Date:

1938

Date Range:

1938

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Nitrate film negatives, dimensions: 155 mm x 110 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Gift, 1983: Originally in the possession of William Vernon Emanuel and presented by his brother Lieutenant-Commander T. Emanuel, 1983. File reference FL4/D/2.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known

Names:

Weatherhead, T.D.

Subjects:

Archaeological excavations
Archaeological expeditions
Archaeological sites
Archaeology

Places:

Swat Valley, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, Asia, South Asia