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Photo 851/2

Record Id:

040-003122279

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003122277

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026100107.0x000411

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 851/2

Title:

Watson Collection: Album of views and portraits in England, India, Persia, Greece, Georgia, Central Asia and Turkey. Photographer(s): Ryan

Scope & Content:

Black and blue half-leather album, measuring 388 x 274 mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions. The front free endpaper is signed: 'John W. Watson, 1898-1910'. The majority of photographs are the work of professional photographers and include: portraits of medical officers training at Netley Hospital; views in Sindh, including Hyderabad architecture and officers of the 19th Bombay Infantry; views at Chaman, Shelabagh, Quetta, Malakand, Khar and Chakdarra; Karli caves; various views and portraits in Poona, including a fancy dress group at Ganeshkhind and staff of the Bombay Command; miscellaneous views throughout NE Iran (Mashhad etc), Georgia (Tbilisi), Uzbekistan (Samarkand, Bukhara), Greece (Athens), Turkey (Istanbul), Turkmenistan (Geok-Tepe) and Azerbaijan (Baku).

John Williams Watson (b. 1874) served in the Indian Medical Service from 1898-1929. In 1908 he was civil surgeon at the Consulate at Turbat-i-Haidari, south of Meshed.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003122277
040-003122279

Is part of:

Photo 851 : Watson Collection: Photographs relating to the career of Colonel John Williams Watson in India and Iran. Photographer(s): Watson,…

Photo 851/2 : Watson Collection: Album of views and portraits in England, India, Persia, Greece, Georgia, Central Asia and Turkey.…

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Hierarchy:

032-003122277[0002]/040-003122279

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

136 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Start Date:

1898

End Date:

1910

Date Range:

1898-1910

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 75 mm x 75 mm to 196 mm x 350 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Presented by Mrs Anne Christopherson, daughter of Colonel Watson, 1991.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known

Names:

Ryan