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Mss Eur E268/11
- Record Id:
- 040-003251828
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002280492
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026880274.0x00029e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur E268/11
- Title:
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Sir Harry Evan Auguste Cotton Collection: Photographs of paintings of Indian architecture, scenery and people by Thomas and William Daniell and others.
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of 158 loose prints, three copy negatives, and various half-tone reproductions, newspaper cuttings, etc. The material was compiled by Sir Harry Evan Auguste Cotton (1868-1939) and includes much material intended for use as illustrations in the historical journal 'Bengal Past and Present'. The great majority are copies of paintings and aquatints by Thomas and William Daniell, but the following artists are also represented: Robert Smith, Charles D'Oyly, James Moffat, William Baillie, George Chinnery, Auguste Schoefft, Richard James Lane, Thomas Salt, William Hodges, Captain R.H. Elliot. The collection includes material from a number of public and private collections, and this information is in most cases recorded on the back of each photograph.
There is also one photograph of the memorial obelisk to Richmond Thackeray (1783-1815), Bengal Civil Service and father of the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, in North Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta (see 'Bengal Obituary' (Calcutta, 1848), p. 203).
Process = Gelatin silver prints (mainly)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002280492
040-003251828 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur E268 : Papers relating to the painters Thomas and William Daniell, collected by Sir Evan Cotton for a projected book
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Click here to View / search full list of parts of Mss Eur E268/11 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002280492[0012]/040-003251828
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur E268
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 1900s-1930s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 60 mm x 34 mm to 321 mm x 192 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Presented by Colonel H.E.M. Cotton.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known