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Photo 15/2(17)
- Record Id:
- 041-003039643
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003039524
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035609280.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 15/2(17)
- Title:
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Group of retired native officers received by the Viceroy at Lahore. [With] Sir B. Bromhead. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography
Group portrait, in uniform. With accompanying newspaper clipping: 'Not the least interesting event of today was the reception by the Viceroy in the large Shamiana, in the course of the afternoon, of over 100 retired officers of the Native army, who have come in by special invitation to attend the Durbar. They were a grand group of veteran soldiers, amongst them being several fine looking Sikhs, Gurkhas and Pathans. Their breasts were most of them covered with medals recording service in the wars and expeditions in which India has been engaged during the past 40 years...Sir Benjamin Bromhead, himself a brave and distinguished soldier, presented them severally to Lord Elgin, who showed the greatest interest in them and their histories...'
Subjects = Elgin Collection; military (general); military veterans; uniforms; viceregal tours
Location = Lahore; Pakistan; Punjab; Punjab (Pakistan)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003039524
040-003039626
041-003039643 - Is part of:
- Photo 15 : Elgin Collection: photographs relating to the Viceroyalty of Lord Elgin. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Photo 15/2 : Elgin Collection: 'Autumn Tour 1894'. Photographer(s): Bremner, Frederick
Photo 15/2(17) : Group of retired native officers received by the Viceroy at Lahore. [With] Sir B. Bromhead. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003039524[0002]/040-003039626[0017]/041-003039643
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 15
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1894
- End Date:
- 1894
- Date Range:
- 26 Nov 1894
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bromhead, Benjamin Parnell., Colonel, 1838-1935
- Subjects:
- Elgin Collection
Elgin, Lord: Visit of the Viceroy Lord Elgin to Lahore, 1894
Named Collections - Places:
- South Asia, Asia