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Mss Eur F143/148(2)

Record Id:

041-003247103

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002313829

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026879933.0x002069

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F143/148(2)

Title:

[Village scene with paddy fields, Tripura.] Photographer: Shamarandra Chandra Deb Barman

Scope & Content:

Genre: Landscape Photography

View looking across paddy fields towards a village, with a palm tree in the foreground. Similar style, process and mount to print 1.

Shamarandra Chandra Deb Barman, Bara Thakur of Tripura, was a distinguished amateur photographer in the 1890s, winning medals at the exhibitions of the Photographic Society of India at Calcutta, and from the Midlands Camera Club, Birmingham in 1893. His father, the ruler of Tripura, had taken up photography in the very early days of the medium and his son was involved in the medium from childhood. For an account of his work, see 'Indian Photographers and their Work. No. 2. H. H. The Bara Thakoor Bahadoor of Tippera' (The Practical Photographer, vol. 6, no. 65. May 1895, pp. 168-171).

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002313829
036-002313967
040-002313982
041-003247103

Is part of:

Mss Eur F143 : Papers of Sir Walter Lawrence, Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1879-95, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1899-1903, Commissioner for sick…
Mss Eur F143/134-153 : Sir Walter Lawrence, Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1879-95, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1899-1903, Commissioner for sick…
Mss Eur F143/148 : Portrait-photographs of various Indian princes, and photographs of unidentified scenery. Dated as: no date

Mss Eur F143/148(2) : [Village scene with paddy fields, Tripura.] Photographer: Shamarandra Chandra Deb Barman

Hierarchy:

032-002313829[0005]/036-002313967[0015]/040-002313982[1339]/041-003247103

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item

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Not applicable

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Techniques:

Photograph
Photographic Print
Platinum Print

Start Date:

1890

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

1890s

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