| Title |
Littledale India Collection I |
| Reference |
Y3022G |
| Covering Dates |
1860–1880 |
| Extent and Medium |
94 images in 1 album; All photographs are in good condition unless otherwise specified. |
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| Content and context |
An album containing albumen prints. The album was originally two separate volumes which were rebound into one in 1982. The prints show views of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India (Madras, Lucknow, Lahore, Naini Tal, Bombay) and Egypt. |
| Further information |
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| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| Africa |
| Egypt |
| India |
| Sri Lanka |
| RCS/Y3022G-I/Y3022G contains: |
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1
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Kandy. 277 x 212 mm. View looking eastwards over the town of Kandy from the military headquarters, with the lake at the right and the centre of Kandy directly in front of the viewer. The three streets seen running east to west are, from the left, King Street, Colombo Street and Ward Street. Probably by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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2
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Kandy. 276 x 216 mm. View looking northwest from above the south shore of the lake. It looks over the western half of the lake towards the town. The military headquarters can be seen in the distance. The view forms, when joined with plate 3, a panoramic view of the town. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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3
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Kandy. 276 x 216 mm. View from the same position (Gregory Road) as plate 2, looking across the lake to the eastern part of Kandy. The view forms, when joined with plate 2, a panoramic view of the town. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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4
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The Library & Buddhist Temple, Kandy. 280 x 209 mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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5
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Kandy Lake & cabbage palms. 280 x 212 mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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6
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Buddhist Temple, Kandy. 277 x 218 mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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7
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Hindu Temple, Colombo. 280 x 215 mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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8
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Cabbage palms at Peradeniya. 280 x 213 mm. View looking along the avenue of palms in the Botanic Gardens. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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9
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Banyan tree. 281 x 213 mm. Presumably in the Peradeniya Botanic Gardens. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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10
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Travellers palms at Peradeniya. 214 x 275 mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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11
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Giant bamboos at Peradeniya. 213 x 273 mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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12
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A creeper at Peradeniya. 218 x 275 mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
One corner is torn.. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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13
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Jak-tree at Peradeniya. 213 x 279 mm. Captioned on negative 'Artocarpus integrifolia'. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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14
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Talipot palm. 195 x 247 mm. Captioned on negative 'Corypha umbraculifera'. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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15
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Cinchona plant. 208 x 280 mm. Captioned on negative 'Cinchona hybrid tree'. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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16
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Singhalese. 91 x 143 mm. Full length studio portrait of a Cinghalese woman. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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17
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Singhalese. 96 x 137 mm. Full length studio portrait of a bearded Cinghalese man posed with an umbrella. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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18
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Singhalese wedding. 279 x 215 mm. A roadside view of the wedding party, posed in front of a bungalow in European style with a tiled roof and porticoed entrance. The bride, groom and wedding party are dressed in European clothes. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
1870–1879 |
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19
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Tamil. 92 x 137 mm. Full length studio portrait of a woman. |
1870–1879 |
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20
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Tamil. 91 x 144 mm. Full length studio portrait of a bearded Cinghalese wearing a 'skirt' of patterned cloth and a circular hat of woven straw. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
1870–1879 |
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21
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Sensation Rock on the Kandy-Colombo Line. 212 x 276 mm. View looking along the line at the Kadugannawa Incline at Sensation Rock, with a locomotive rounding the bend in the track. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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22
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Native cart. 143 x 98 mm. View of a single seat, two wheeled wooden carriage drawn by a buffalo. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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23
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Native cart. 125 x 98 mm. View of a two wheeled wagon with a woven palm canopy, drawn by two buffaloes. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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24
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Native hut. 280 x 213 mm. Roadside scene with a thatched hut set against a background of lush vegetation. A banana seller is seated on the mud verandah. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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25
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Chief & wife. 97 x 135 mm. Full length seated studio portrait of the Kandyan chief, Rambukpota and his wife, dressed in ceremonial clothes. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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26
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Chetty. 91 x 138 mm. Full length studio portrait of a man wearing a dhotie and turban, and carrying a white umbrella. He has various white marks daubed on the upper half of his torso. The chetties or cornecopolies were originally from the Coromandel Coast and were mainly employed as tax collectors. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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27
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An estate bungalow. 279 x 210 mm. View looking across the garden to a typical estate bungalow set among thick jungle. The single storey building has a hipped roof with a covering of flat tiles and a verandah enclosed behind wooden trellis work. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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28
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Singhalese. 99 x 142 mm. Head and shoulders studio portrait of a Singhalese woman. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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29
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Tamil. 90 x 138 mm. Half length seated studio portrait of a Tamil woman. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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30
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Banyan tree, Kalutara. 280 x 213 mm. View looking along the main road in Kalutara towards the famous banyan tree which forms an archway over the road. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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31
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Veddahs. 95 x 140 mm. Group portrait of male and female Veddahs, the aboriginal hunting tribe of Ceylon [Sri Lanka], standing in front of thatched huts. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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32
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Tamil children. 130 x 96 mm. Group portrait. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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33
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Maskelya Falls. 277 x 218 mm. View from above looking down onto the Maskelya Falls. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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34
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Malay girl. 97 x 139 mm. Full length studio portrait of a young Malay girl seated cross legged on a piece of woven cloth. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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35
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Mudaliyar. 95 x 139 mm. Three quarter length studio portrait of a Mudaliyar in full costume. 'The highest rank among them is the Mudaliyar. It is either borne ex-officio or is conferred by the Governor as an honourary distinction. On state occasions the Mudaliyars attend Government House in full costume, when they wear handsomely ornamented dirks, suspended from the shoulder by richly worked gold belts', Arnold Wright, 'Twentieth century impressions of Ceylon' (London, 1907), p. 335. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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36
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Mahavilla Falls. 218 x 275 mm. View from the road below, showing the falls plunging over a cliff face. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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37
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Stone Buddha on roadside. 279 x 214 mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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38
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'Dwarpal' at entrance to Dalada Maligawa, Anuradhapura. 215 x 275 mm. Duplicate of Y302A/29. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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39
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Coffee blossom & berry. 143 x 101mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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40
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Devil bird. 96 x 138 mm. Showing a devil bird, a type of owl. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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41
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Cameron's land, Dimbula. 280 x 209 mm. View looking out over rolling hills planted with tea, with the estate manager's house in the foreground. Charles Hay Cameron (1795-1881) was first in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] in 1830, when he acted as commissioner to report on judicial procedures on the land. He later became a coffee planter. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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42
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Pounding inferior coffee. 144 x 100 mm. View showing coffee estate women sieving and pounding coffee. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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43
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Padda boat. 139 x 97. Showing a flat bottom punt-like boat with living quarters beneath a thatched covering. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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44
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Coffee estate coolies. 278 x 217 mm. Group photograph of labourers and two European managers, with factory buildings in the background. The photograph is captioned on the negative 'Glentilt coolies'. The Glentilt Estate was situated in the Maskeliya Valley in the Central Province. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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45
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Snake charmers. 234 x 217 mm. Studio portrait of two Indian snake charmers playing to their snakes. Photograph by Shepherd & Robertson. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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46
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[View from Ramboda]. 278 x 215 mm. View looking along the Ramboda Pass, with a small river in the foreground. Photograph by Scowen & Co. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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47
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Fakeers. 165 x 198 mm. Full length portrait of two Indian fakirs, one seated cross legged on the ground, the other standing beside him. Photograph by Shepherd & Robertson, no. 1127. |
1862 |
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48
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Srirungam pagodas, Trichinopoly [Tiruchchirappalli]. 310 x 190 mm. A general view from the top of the gateway at Trichinopoly. For other photographs and a note on the temples in the area, see Y3022E/41-46. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 2060. |
1869 |
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49
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The Rock of Trichinopoly [Tiruchchirappalli]. 312 x 189. Duplicate of Y3022E/41. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 2054. |
1869 |
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50
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The Bridge over the Cauvery. Trichinopoly [Tiruchchirappalli] in the distance. 305 x 188 mm. View from Srirangam Island looking along the side of the bridge. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 2058. |
1869 |
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51
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Delhi jeweller & shawl merchant. 100 x 135 mm. Full length portrait, with various items of his craft gathered about the man. Photograph probably by Shepherd & Robertson. |
1867 |
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52
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Hindu priest. 96 x 135 mm. Full length studio portrait of a Hindu priest seated cross legged on a tiger skin. Photograph probably by Shepherd & Robertson. |
1862 |
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53
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Mundapam with façade of stone horses, Tiruchchirappalli. 289 x 232 mm. Duplicate of Y3022E/45, Y3022B/10, Y3022G/53, Y3022U/32. |
1869 |
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54
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Palmyra palms. 280 x 233 mm. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn, no. 196. |
circa 1875-circa 1880 |
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55
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Banyan tree. 279 x 233 mm. A.T.W. Penn, no. 197. |
circa 1875-circa 1880 |
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56
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Bullock hackeries. 201 x 152 mm. Showing a pair of two wheeled bullock carts in front of a rather dilapidated single storey building in European style. Probably by A.T.W. Penn. |
circa 1875-circa 1880 |
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57
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Rustic scene. 285 x 234 mm. A village scene with thatched huts, a bullock cart and figures posed in the middleground. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1732. |
circa 1860-circa 1869 |
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58
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Basket makers. 202 x 151 mm. Villagers posed in the foreground illustrating various parts of the basket making process. Another copy can be found at Y3022H/12. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn. |
circa 1875-circa 1880 |
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59
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Rustic scene. 306 x 183. Duplicate of Y3022E/14. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1738. |
circa 1860-circa 1869 |
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60
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Mysore block wheel carts. 176 x 126 mm. Showing two bullock carts loaded with wood and standing in front of a European building. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 644. |
circa 1875-circa 1880 |
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61
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Rustic scene. 288 x 234 mm. Duplicate at Y3022E/10. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1730. |
circa 1860-circa 1869 |
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62
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Musalah boat, Madras [Chennai]. 175 x 127 mm. A musalah boat beached in Madras Harbour [Chennai], with part of the pier n the left background and shipping moored in the roadstead beyond. For a note on the boats see Y3022L/85. At the extreme left can be seen part of one of the catamarans that accompanied the boats in case of accident, see Y3022L/86. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 649. |
circa 1875-circa 1880 |
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63
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Fishermen of the Malaba [sic] coast. 176 x 127 mm. Showing a fishing boat and crew beached on the seashore. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 629. |
circa 1875-circa 1880 |
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64
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Water carriers. 175 x 126 mm. Showing two water carriers posed beside a pool. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 659. |
circa 1875-circa 1880 |
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65
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Barbers by the roadside. 176 x 127 mm. Showing two roadside barbers plying their trade. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn. |
circa 1875-circa 1880 |
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66
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Cocoanut palms. 232 x 279 mm. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 179.
Fair condition.. |
circa 1875-circa 1880 |
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67
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Memorial well, Cawnpore [Kanpur]. 235 x 279 mm. View of the marble angel carved by Carlo Marochetti in the Memorial Gardens in Cawnpore [Kanpur]. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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68
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Scene of the massacre, Cawnpore [Kanpur]. 282 x 225 mm. View looking along the Ganges River towards the landing place where the British garrison were massacred on 27 June 1857. See also Y3022L/31 and Y3022U/39. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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69
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The Memorial Well & Gardens, Cawnpore [Kanpur]. 277 x 229 mm. View looking across the gardens towards the Gothic screen surrounding the well, with an ornamental lake in the foreground. Photo by Saché. |
1870 |
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70
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General view of the fort, Lucknow. 285 x 234 mm. View looking northwest across Lucknow from the Machhi Bhawan with the Turkish Gate in the left middleground. In the distance are the Jama Musjid, the Huseinabad Imambara and the Sat Khanda. For notes on the buildings see Y3022L/47-52. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1053. |
1864 |
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71
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The Kaiser Bagh, Lucknow. 284 x 235 mm. Duplicate at Y3022B/120. Photograph by Samuel Bourne. |
1864 |
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72
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The Chutter Munzil, Lucknow. 320 x 187 mm. Duplicate at Y3022C/45. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1151.
Fair condition.. |
1864 |
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73
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Wingfield Park, Lucknow. 296 x 183 mm. View looking across the ornamental gardens. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1155. |
1864 |
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74
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La Martinière, Lucknow. 290 x 229 mm. Duplicate of Y3022C/41. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1047. |
1864 |
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75
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The Emambara & Mosque, Lucknow. 289 x 232 mm. View looking south towards the Huseinabad Imambara and beyond, to the Jama Musjid. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1052. |
1864 |
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76
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The Dilkoosha, Lucknow. 289 x 231 mm. View of the north façade of the Dilkusha Palace, a hunting lodge set in the middle of an extensive park stocked with game. It was built by Saadat Ali Khan (reigned 1796-1814) in a largely European style. A photo of the buildings in a ruinous state can be found at Y3022L/53. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1149. |
1864 |
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77
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The Residency, Lucknow. 288 x 233 mm. Duplicate of Y3022C/39. See also Y3022L/41-43. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1025. |
1864 |
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78
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Runjeet Singh's tomb, Lahore. 287 x 236 mm. Duplicate of Y3022B/111. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 418. |
circa 1860-circa 1869 |
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79
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The Golden Temple, Umritsar [Amritsar]. 277 x 209 mm. Duplicate of Y3022C/2. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 407. |
circa 1860-circa 1869 |
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80
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The Viceroy's elephants with their state trappings. 283 x 232 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/53 and Y3022B/100. Photograph probably by Samuel Bourne. |
circa 1860-circa 1869 |
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81
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Statue of James Outram, Calcutta. 232 x 276 mm. This picture was presumably taken about the time of the statue's completion in 1874, since the inscription seen in later photographs has not yet been carved on the plinth. For a note on the statue, see Y3022BB/26. |
circa 1874 |
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82
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Belvedere, Calcutta. 307 x 187 mm. View of the former residence of the Lieutenant Governors of Bengal. For a note on the building's history see Y3022BB/50. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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83
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Chowringhee, Calcutta. 312 x 186 mm. View looking north along the Chowringhee Road towards the Esplanade with the Maidan on the left. |
circa 1860-circa 1869 |
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84
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The Hooghly, Calcutta. 318 x 190 mm. View from the bank of the river showing sailing vessels and steamers at their moorings. |
circa 1860-circa 1869 |
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85
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Public buildings, Bombay. 303 x 177 mm. View looking northeast across the esplanade from the southwest corner of Rotten Row. Photograph by Bourne & Shepherd no. 2502. |
1876 |
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86
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Nynee Tal [Naini Tal] before the landslide. 283 x 220. View of the town with the north end of the lake at the right of the print. |
1880 |
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87
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The landslide at Naini Tal. 281 x 222 mm. Photograph taken from the same place as the preceding print showing the devastation caused by the landslide of Sept. 1880. |
1880 |
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88
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Pondicherry. 240 x 190 mm. |
1880 |
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89
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Pondicherry. 245 x 195 mm. |
1880 |
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90
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Acrobats. 183 x 232 mm. View in a courtyard showing a man balanced with the small of his back resting on a tall pole while his companion beneath beats a drum. No. 1115 in the Bourne & Shepherd catalogue. |
1862 |
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91
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Hermaphrodites. 234 x 190 mm. Showing a group of dancers and musicians posed on the verandah of an Indian house. No. 1115 in the Bourne & Shepherd catalogue. |
1862 |
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92
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Railway bridge across the Jumna, Allahabad. 312 x 184 mm. Photograph by Samuel Bourne no. 1199. |
circa 1860-circa 1869 |
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93
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Le Caire, Porte de la Citadelle. 282 x 221 mm. View looking towards the gate of the Citadel in Cairo. See note at Y3022B/20. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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94
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Le Caire. View looking across the Arab quarter towards the walls of the Citadel. Photograph by Bonfils. |
circa 1870-circa 1879 |
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