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Photo 1082/1

Record Id:

040-003190507

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003190506

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026599876.0x000191

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1082/1

Title:

Satow Collection: Album of Railway and Topographical Views, Probably Compiled by Alexander Izat. Photographer(s): Samuel Bourne, G. W. Lawrie and Co, and others unknown

Scope & Content:

Half-leather bound album measuring 280 x 372 mm, containing 31 prints laid down on the pages, some captioned in pencil. The album was probably compiled by the railway engineer Alexander Izat and contains views of buildings on the Dhond-Manmad State Railway (c. 1870), construction of the Lansdowne Bridge over the Indus at Sukkur (1888), and miscellaneous views of Darjeeling, Cawnpore and Switzerland.

Alexander Izat joined the Indian Public Works Department in 1863, transferring to the Railway Branch in 1870, where he served on the Nizam's, Holkar's, Dhond-Manmad, Kathiawar and Bombay East Deccan lines. He was promoted Superintending Engineer in April 1880 and officiating Under Secretary, Railway Branch, to the Government of India in January 1883. His services were lent to the Bengal and North-West Railway Company as Agent and Chief Engineer in February 1883. He retired in 1889.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003190506
040-003190507

Is part of:

Photo 1082 : Satow Collection: Photographs relating to Indian Railways.

Photo 1082/1 : Satow Collection: Album of Railway and Topographical Views, Probably Compiled by Alexander Izat. Photographer(s): Samuel Bourne, G.…

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003190506[0001]/040-003190507

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

31 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1864

End Date:

1866

Date Range:

c 1865-1890s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 100 mm x 148 mm to 235 mm x 285 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Gift, 2000: Collection presented by Jonathon Satow, 20 December 2000.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known