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Photo 1105/2

Record Id:

040-003194862

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003194824

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026599876.0x001294

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1105/2

Title:

Peel Collection: 'Views of Benares from the Riverside. Presented by the Maharajah of Benares'. Photographer(s): Unknown

Scope & Content:

Small full-leather bound album measuring 120 x 143 mm, titled in gilt on front cover as above, containing 20 mounted albumen prints, with letterpress captions pasted beneath. The prints form a series of views of the ghats at Benares (Varanasi) taken from the river.

These photographs come from the collection of Captain Home Peel (1884-1918), India Office 1906-14 and Private Secretary to Edwin Samuel Montagu, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for India during his visit to India 1912-13.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003194824
040-003194862

Is part of:

Photo 1105 : Peel Collection: Views of India, including snapshots of the Montagu Mission to India.

Photo 1105/2 : Peel Collection: 'Views of Benares from the Riverside. Presented by the Maharajah of Benares'. Photographer(s): Unknown

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003194824[0002]/040-003194862

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1105

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1889

End Date:

1891

Date Range:

c 1890s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 80 mm x 100 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Transferred from OIOC European Manuscripts Mss Eur E376

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known