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Photo 527/1(133)
- Record Id:
- 041-003098493
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003098359
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025910660.0x00090b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 527/1(133)
- Title:
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[Survey of India officers with camera for photographing Halley's Comet, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography
Group of three men posed beside the equatorial camera. Pencilled note dated 25 May 1911 in Murphy's hand reads: 'This was taken last year after we photographed Halley's Comet. We were on the job for 2 months, and only managed to get one good negative. The camera is on the roof of the Presidency College. Taylor & myself [Murphy] used to be there at all hours of the night & on several occasions from 2 to 5 a.m. The clouds would not give us a chance to expose. Messrs Taylor, Francis & self at the camera.'
Subjects = cameras; Halley's Comet; photographers; photographic equipment; Survey of India; surveyors
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003098359
040-003098360
041-003098493 - Is part of:
- Photo 527 : Henry Haward Collection: Indian views and photographs relating to the Photographic Branch of the Survey of India. Photographer(s):…
Photo 527/1 : Henry Haward Collection: Indian Views and Photographs Relating to the Survey of India Photographic Department. Photographer(s):…
Photo 527/1(133) : [Survey of India officers with camera for photographing Halley's Comet, Calcutta.] Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003098359[0001]/040-003098360[0133]/041-003098493
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 527
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1910
- End Date:
- 1910
- Date Range:
- 1910
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Francis, fl 1907
Francis, fl 1907
Francis, fl 1907
Murphy, F.N., fl 1907-1911
Murphy, F.N., fl 1907-1911
Murphy, F.N., fl 1907-1911
Taylor, R., fl 1904
Taylor, R., fl 1904
Taylor, R., fl 1904 - Places:
- Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia