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Asia (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16199 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Water tank, Jaipur Tank, 1905-11-21 - 1905-11-23

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/64
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints, of an approximate size of 80 x 100 mm, mounted on card, six to a page, in a padded black leather album inscribed on the cover India 1905-06 from C.C. and 'Photographs taken by Sir Charles Cust Bt. 1905-06' is written on the fly leaf in Queen Marys hand. Sir Charles Cust took this collection of amateur photographs while accompanying the Royal Party. Most of the photographs have elegant hand-written captiions, but these are not always very explicit - some portraying...
Dates: 1905-11-21 - 1905-11-23
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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[Water well], 1936 - 1938

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/43
Scope and Contents

130 x 90 mm.

Dates: 1936 - 1938
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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[Water well and oxen], 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/42
Scope and Contents

125 x 80 mm. Exact location unidentified.

Dates: 1936 - 1938
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).
 Sub-Fonds

Watercolour of Aden, 1880 - 1930

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/2
Scope and Contents

An undated watercolour, 7¾" x 4½", depicting a view from the sea. There are buildings and a flagstaff to the left and a tented camp to the right, with mountains in the background. 'Aden. [J]R' is written in the corner.

Dates: 1880 - 1930
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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Watercolour of St Georges Church, Penang, 1830s, 1830 - 1839

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/81
Scope and Contents

164 x 110 mm. Photographic copy of a watercolour by John Turnbull Thomson in the National Museum, Singapore.

Dates: 1830 - 1839
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).
 File

Watercolour views of the Middle East, Far East and France, 1925-27, 1925 - 1927

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011L
Scope and Contents

An album containing watercolour views of landscapes painted by Bell. The majority were painted during Bell's study tour of foreign colonial administration in the Far East 1925-26.

Dates: 1925 - 1927
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).
 Series

[Watercolours], 1929 - 1964

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/723-726
Scope and Contents

Four watercolours and one photograph, removed from their damaged frames and remounted on card.

Dates: 1929 - 1964
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).
 Fonds

Watercolours of British India

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 394
Scope and Contents 22 watercolours (195 x 125 mm or the reverse); two pencil, and one pen and ink sketches; and one albumen print. Originally these items were loosely mounted in an album measuring 235 x 183 mm, but have been removed and individually sleeved for reasons of conservation. Nothing is known of the artist or provenance of the album, which is thought to date from the mid-nineteenth century and has been associated with Karachi and the surrounding region. Karachi was captured by the British East India...
Dates: 1850
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
 Sub-Fonds

Watercolours of Kashmir and North India, 1896 - 1897

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/26
Scope and Contents

Fourteen paintings on cardboard of mountains and valleys. Two of the cards have a painting on each side. A few of the watercolours are labelled with dates and places, which include the Sind Valley.

Dates: 1896 - 1897
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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Watercourse, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/85
Scope and Contents From the Series:

An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.

Dates: 1902 - 1910
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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[Waterfall], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/7
Scope and Contents

207 x 265 mm. View of an unidentified waterfall set amongst woodland, with a Japanese figure standing in the foreground.

Dates: 1870 - 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).
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Waterfall, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/41
Scope and Contents

118 x 178 mm. Showing part of the waterfall in the Botanical Gardens at the foot of the Penang Hill.

Dates: 1907
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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Waterfall, 1900 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022UUUU/9
Scope and Contents

220 x 280 mm. On mount 255 x 305 mm.

Dates: 1900 - 1950
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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Waterfall at Peermund, 1868 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/31
Scope and Contents

242 x 294 mm. View looking up the cascades of falls on the Pykara River near Ootacamund (possibly the Khulhulty Falls). Bourne 2008.

Dates: 1868 - 1869
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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Waterfall at Rewah, 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/31
Scope and Contents

205 x 260 mm. No. 1537.

Dates: 1874 - 1910
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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Waterfall, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/695
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.

Dates: 1930
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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Waterfall, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/696
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.

Dates: 1930
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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Waterfall, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/697
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.

Dates: 1930
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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Waterfall, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/698
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives of Fraser's Hill in Pahang. Corner visited there on holiday with his sister in July 1937. However, these photographs date back to an earlier visit in 1930.

Dates: 1930
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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Waterfall on the Myit Nge River, 1903 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029E/57
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing photographic prints and coloured reproductions. Prints 2-62 are coloured reproductions from Kelly, R. Talbot (1905) Burma painted and described, London : Adam and Charles Black. The remainder are original photographs by Thomas Harry Goldsworthy Stevens. The prints mainly measure approximately 100 x 75 mm, although some are larger. The album is interleaved with sheets on which are typed captions, up to print 261. Photographs beyond this point are uncaptioned. The...
Dates: 1903 - 1921
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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Waterfall, Sirdang, Sumatra [? 1880s], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/66
Scope and Contents

239 x 181 mm. A view looking upstream towards a waterfall on an unidentified river.

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).
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[Waterfront at Benares], 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/83
Scope and Contents

135 x 201 mm.

Dates: 1932
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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Watering the Palace grounds, 1905-11-24 - 1905-11-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/35
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...
Dates: 1905-11-24 - 1905-11-27
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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Watering the roads, 1905-11-18 - 1905-11-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/28
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...
Dates: 1905-11-18 - 1905-11-29
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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Watering the street, 1906-01-13 - 1906-01-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/126
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...
Dates: 1906-01-13 - 1906-01-15
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).