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Photo 1224/4

Record Id:

040-003185880

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003185460

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026599955.0x000882

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1224/4

Title:

Lucas Collection: Photographic record of the world tour of Charles James and Morton P. Lucas, 1877-79. Volume 4, Straits Settlements, Java, Cochin China and America. Photographers: G. R. Lambert and Co., Woodbury and Page, Emile Gsell, Carleton E. Watkins, William Notman, Frith's Series and others unknown

Scope & Content:

Large folio album measuring 565 mm x 460 mm, titled in gilt on front cover: Straits Settlements Java Cochin China and America. The volume contains 154 albumen prints purchased from commercial studios and mounted recto only on the album pages, with neat handwritten captions accompanying most of the photographs. Also noted are the dates on which specific locations were visited by the Lucas brothers. This volume covers their travels from January-October 1879, although the photographs purchased by them to illustrate their journey date back in some cases to the 1860s.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003185460
040-003185880

Is part of:

Photo 1224 : Lucas Collection: Photographic record of the world tour of Charles James and Morton P. Lucas, 1877-79.

Photo 1224/4 : Lucas Collection: Photographic record of the world tour of Charles James and Morton P. Lucas, 1877-79. Volume 4, Straits…

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003185460[0004]/040-003185880

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1224

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

154 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:

1879

Date Range:

1860s-1870s

Era:

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Source of Acquisition:

Presented by John Hillelson, 12 March 2011.

Provenance. The Lucas Collection (Photo 1224/1-7, Photo 1225/1-7) was purchased at auction by John Hillelson at the sale of the contents of Broomhall Manor House, Warnham, near Horsham (the family home of Captain C. E. Lucas), 8-9 November 1967. The six volumes of Photo 1224/1-6 were lot 855 (£14), the seven volumes of Photo 1225/1-7 were lot 857 (£16).

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known

Names:

Lucas, Charles James, 1853-1928

Related Material:

The complete series of photographs from these travels is found in Photo 1224/1-6. See also Photo 1224/7, for letters home describing the journey.