McNair, John Frederick Adolphus, 1828 - 1910
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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Che Muda's house at Kuala Kangsar, 1876
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/44
Scope and Contents
251 x 198 mm. Showing Frank SWETTENHAM, Captain SPEEDY, Raja Indut and Raja Abdulrahman standing with a group of Sepoys and Malays outside Che Mudas house. The photograph was taken during the military occupation of Perak by Major McNair. McNair (1878, p. 168-169) gives this description: 'The residence of the Princess of Perak at Quella Kungsa gives - as will be seen in the illustration, from a photograph taken by the author during the Governors progress - a very full idea of a Malay noble...
Dates:
1876
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Perak group], 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/43
Scope and Contents
301 x 217 mm. (mounted on board). A group portrait of Europeans posed in front of an atap house, and captioned on the print Pangkor 1874. This photograph has often been reproduced as a print taken during the signing of the Pangkor Engagement in January 1874 but this is certainly not so and there are several anomalous features which make a positive identification difficult. Beneath this copy of the print the figures are identified (l to r) as: Dr Anderson; Capn. Innes; Captn. Speedy; Sir...
Dates:
1875
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Singapore River, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/1
Scope and Contents
275 x 207 mm (mounted on card). A view from the South Boat Quay looking north-west along the Singapore River towards Fort Canning. With moored boats in the foreground and craft (blurred through movement) on the river. The hill on which Fort Canning stands was originally known as the Bukit Larangan and was a sacred burial place of the Malay Kings. It was at the summit of what came to be known as Government Hill that Raffles built a bungalow in 1823, and Government House was situated here...
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).