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Photo 1116/2

Record Id:

040-003176859

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003176789

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026599950.0x000c69

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1116/2

Title:

Crofton Collection: 'Hongkong, Suez Canal, Pompei, Ceylon, West River.' Photographer(s): Colombo Apothecaries Company

Scope & Content:

Half-leather and red buckram album (uniform binding to Photo 1116/1), measuring 362x268mm and stamped 'Hongkong Suez Canal Pompei Ceylon West River' in gold on front cover.

The contents of the album can be broken down as follows:

Prints 1-48 Views mainly of Hong Kong, with a few of Canton, 1890s.

Prints 49-53 Views on the Suez Canal by Zangaki, 1870s.

Prints 54-57 Views of Naples and Pompeii.

Prints 58-67 Views of Ceylon

Prints 68-77 Hand-tinted views of the West River, China

These photographs form part of the collection of Denis Hayes Crofton, Indian Civil Service, and his father Richard Hayes Crofton, Colonial Civil Service, Hong Kong and Zanzibar.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003176789
040-003176859

Is part of:

Photo 1116 : Crofton Collection: Photographs of Hong Kong, China Ceylon and Zanzibar.

Photo 1116/2 : Crofton Collection: 'Hongkong, Suez Canal, Pompei, Ceylon, West River.' Photographer(s): Colombo Apothecaries Company

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003176789[0002]/040-003176859

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1116

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:

1870

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

1870s-1890s

Era:

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Source of Acquisition:

Passed from OIOC European Manuscripts 11 October 2002. Letters and papers from this collection can be found at OIOC Mss Eur F440.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known