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Photo 938/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003126158
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003126102
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026100107.0x001338
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 938/3
- Title:
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Edward Molyneux Collection: Album entitled 'Indian Photographs.' Photographer(s): Baker, William
- Scope & Content:
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Half-leather album in Indian binding and Indian paper, measuring 485 x 362 mm, with title 'Indian Photographs' and floral motif drawn in ink on front board. Prints 1–34 are loosely inserted in corner slits in the pages; the remaining photographs are pasted down. The majority of the prints have handwritten captions written on the album page. The album contains commercially produced views of North Indian architecture and topography dating from the 1860s–90s, mountain scenery in the Himalayas, regimental groups and a number of later snapshots of poorish quality. Locations include: Agra, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Burma, Srinagar, Sind Valley, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Sialkot.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003126102
040-003126158 - Is part of:
- Photo 938 : Edward Molyneux Collection: Album of carte-de-visite portraits of naval officers and families. Photographer(s): Various
Photo 938/3 : Edward Molyneux Collection: Album entitled 'Indian Photographs.' Photographer(s): Baker, William - Contains:
- Photo 938/3(1) : [Snapshot portrait of three Europeans taking tea in a garden.] Photographer: Unknown
Photo 938/3(2) : Mausoleum of Prince Etmad Daulah [Itimad-ud-daulah's Tomb, Agra]. Photographer: Baker and Burke
Photo 938/3(3) : The Delhi Gate, Agra Fort. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
Photo 938/3(4) : Suttee Chouree Ghat. Scene of the Massacre, Cawnpore. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
Photo 938/3(5) : Dilkoosha Palace, Lucknow. Photographer: Baker and Burke
Photo 938/3(6) : Interior of Taj Mahal, Agra [sic, for Exterior of Tomb of Itimad-ud-daulah, Agra]. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
Photo 938/3(7) : The Vinery, Kaisor Bagh, Lucknow. Photographer: Baker and Burke
Photo 938/3(8) : Ruins of Martund [Surya Temple]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 938/3(9) : Temple of Kishn Soraba, Gobardun [View across the Kusum Sarovar Tank towards Suraj Mal's Cenotaph, Gobardhan]. Photographer:…
Photo 938/3(10) : 12th B.C. Polo Team, Bengal Cavalry Tournament 1892 [probably at Sialkot]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 938/3(11) : Gateway of Hoosimabad Bazaar, Lucknow. Photographer: Baker and Burke
Photo 938/3(12) : Glaciers of the Sind Valley, Sonamerg. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 938/3(13) : The Taj Mahal, Agra. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
Photo 938/3(14) : Sonamerg Glaciers. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 938/3(15) : Sculptured lions, Burmah. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 938/3(16) : Officers 12th Bengal Cavalry, April 1892 [probably at Sialkot]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 938/3(17) : Chutter Munzil, Lucknow. Photographer: Burke, John
Photo 938/3(18) : Srinugger from the 6th Bridge. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
Photo 938/3(19) : Burmese Pagoda [Golden Kyaung or Monastery at Mandalay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 938/3(20) : Ruins of Wangut, Sind Valley. Photographer: Baker and Burke
Photo 938/3(21) : Hoari Haramukh Peak, Gangabal. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 938/3(22) : Sind River at Gugandair, below Sonamerg. Photographer: Burke, John
Photo 938/3(23) : Futtehpore Sikhri [Buland Darwaza of the Jami Masjid]. Photographer: Baker, William Henry
Photo 938/3(24) : Polo Team, XII Bengal Cavalry 1893 [probably at Sialkot]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 938/3(25) : Snowscape. Photographer: Unknown
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- 032-003126102[0003]/040-003126158
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 938
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 76 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1902
- Date Range:
- 1860s-1902
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 73 mm x 97 mm to 234 mm x 292 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Transferred item, 1995: Transferred from European Manuscripts (Mss Eur F172), August 1995.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Baker, William Henry, photographer, fl mid to late 19th century