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Photo 1081/2

Record Id:

040-003190482

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003190420

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026599876.0x000178

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1081/2

Title:

Architectural Views of Calcutta. Photographer(s): Unknown

Scope & Content:

A collection of 23 albumen prints mounted on loose album leaves, with handwritten captions in ink beneath each image. All the photographs are unsigned, apart from print 5, by W. G. Stretton. The series comprises a selection of views of European domestic houses, official and commercial buildings, and six views of merchants' mansions built in European style by wealthy Bengalis, mainly memebers of the Mullick family.

The photographs were purchased with the album of architectural subjects at Photo 1081/1, and were evidently collected or commissioned by someone with a professional interest in architecture.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003190420
040-003190482

Is part of:

Photo 1081 : Architectural and topographical views of Calcutta. Photographer(s): Stretton, William George

Photo 1081/2 : Architectural Views of Calcutta. Photographer(s): Unknown

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003190420[0002]/040-003190482

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1081

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

23 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:

1889

Date Range:

1870s-1880s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 225 mm x 280 mm to 255 mm x 365 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Purchase, 2000: Purchased with Photo 1081/2 from Bloomsbury Book Auctions, London, 7 December 2000, lot 64, from the collection of the late Graham Cobb LVO FSA.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known