Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 15914 Collections and/or Records:
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‘Patient Penelope’, 1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/17
Scope and Contents
289 x 237 mm. Portrait of group of four men in costume for a theatrical performance. The figures are identified as: Major Lindsay R.E.; Mr Goldsburg; Captn Gywn R.A.; Mr Anderson, of the ? Regt.
Dates:
1872
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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Patna Country, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/126
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. East of Newara Eliya, and cattle.
Dates:
1907
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Patna Country, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/127
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. East of Newara Eliya, and cattle.
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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Patna Country, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/125
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. East of Newara Eliya, and cattle.
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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Patrol train during Emergency, circa 1949, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 8/18
Scope and Contents
291 x 157 mm. A side view of a patrol train with ballast waggons and armoured pill box. The waggons in front of the locomotive were loaded with ballast which would trigger and absorb the explosive force of any mines laid on the track. Behind the locomotive was a small armoured pillbox truck manned by the security forces. These trains ran ahead of passenger trains and were in use from about 1949 until the introduction of Wickham Trollies the following year.
Dates:
1949
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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Pauls Pillars, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1222
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Chrysopotitisa Church near Paphos. In the foreground I have placed a nougani, one of the sleighs for the threshing floor, so that you may see the way in which the chipped flints are set on the underside to cut and tear the straw.
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pavement marking the position of the Black Hole, 1907-12 - 1908-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/458
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. [Inscription on tablet above it: The marble pavement below this spot was placed here by Lord Curzon Viceroy and Governor-General in 1901 to mark the site of the prison in Old Fort William known as the Black Hole in which 146 British inhabitants of Calcutta were confined in the night of the 20th June 1756, and from which only 23 came out alive].
Dates:
1907-12 - 1908-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pavilion and terrace, Botanical Gardens [Ootacamund], 1875 - 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022H/45
Scope and Contents
279 x 234 mm. View looking along the parterre towards the bandstand or pavilion, with the ornamental pond at the right. For a history of the gardens, see Sir Frederick Price, ‘Ootacamund: a history (Madras, 1908), pp. 117-121. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 27.
Dates:
1875 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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[Pavilion Gardens] Newera Eliya, 15 year old eucalyptus G. tree [1890], 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/123
Scope and Contents
154 x 111 mm.
Dates:
1890
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pavilion Gardens, Newera Eliya. Wellingtonia and cedars [1890], 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/122
Scope and Contents
153 x 111 mm.
Dates:
1890
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Paxon, Rawlinson and H.E. Byrne, 1904 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/110
Scope and Contents
Group portrait of the three figures seated on verandah steps with dogs in their laps. Harold Edward Byrne (b 1878) was appointed an Assistant Surveyor in the Perak Trigonometrical Survey in 1901 and became Chief Engineer, Johore in 1911. H.C. Paxon was an Assistant Engineer with the Selangor Government Railway in 1901. No information on Rawlinson.
Dates:
1904 - 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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Pay Day, 1946 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 15/15
Scope and Contents
From the File:
An album of photographs, most measuring 205 x 55 mm, accompanied by a typed list, which has been reproduced.
Dates:
1946 - 1955
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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Peace celebration at Richmond Castle, 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 28/30
Scope and Contents
277 x 215 mm. Group photograph with his Excellency Brigadier-General Sir William Manning, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., Governor of Ceylon, as central figure who delivered a gracious message to the peasants assembled in their thousands to celebrate the signing of the peace treaty.
Dates:
1919
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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Peace- making at Claudetown, between the Baram and Batang Kayan Tribes, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/88
Scope and Contents
147 x 104 mm. Group portrait showing chiefs sitting on a raised dais between wooden carved images, with men in the background. The two central figures are Tama Bulan and Tama Kulieng (see Y3035A/40 and 41).
Dates:
1900
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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Pearl Mosque
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/150
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
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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Pearl Mosque, Agra Fort, 1905-12-16 - 1905-12-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/144
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:
1905-12-16 - 1905-12-17
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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Pearl Mosque Delhi, 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/109
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
Dates:
1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16
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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Pearl Mosque or Motee Musjid, Agra., 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/15
Scope and Contents
268x217mm. View from the south-east looking towards the Moti Musjid or Pearl Mosque and showing the exterior walls faced with red sandstone, the eastern gate (right foreground) and the domes of the mosque itself. Photographer unknown, possibly Sache, - , fl 1879-1899.
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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Pearl Mosque or Motee Musjid, Agra, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/16
Scope and Contents
267x210mm. View looking east to west across the courtyard, past the marble tank and towards the arches of the colonnade leading into the mosque itself. No. 212.
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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Pearl River entering Canton, 1900 - 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30383A/1
Scope and Contents
953 x 255 mm. A panoramic view of the Pearl River entering Canton (Guangzhou), by an unknown photographer. Taken on the outer bank of a busy bend in the river and looking across to a customs building, where orderly lines of crates can be seen on the quayside and numerous small boats are tied up. Behind the customs house is a four-storey building with a clock-tower. There is a park/area of trees to the left of the customs building, with a perimeter road running beside the river. To the right...
Dates:
1900 - 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).
Series
Pegoendangan 1919, 1919
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/59
Scope and Contents
Showing a man and a child standing in the middle of a shallow stream.
Dates:
1919
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Pegu : the Great Buddha
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 5/24
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints measuring approximately 210 x 160 mm mounted in an album bound in padded red leather and inscribed on the front cover VM [Victoria Mary] surmounted by a coronet. The end papers have a label 'Bourne and Shepherd : Artists, Photographers and Publishers. Calcutta, Simla and Bombay.' This album deals with architectural views in Gwalior, Orchha, Lucknow, Mandalay, Rangoon, Trichinopoly [i.e. Tiruchchirappalli], Tanjore, Madura, Ellora, Ajanta, Benares, Nepal, Palitana,...
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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Pegu : the Kyeik Pi Pagoda
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 5/25
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints measuring approximately 210 x 160 mm mounted in an album bound in padded red leather and inscribed on the front cover VM [Victoria Mary] surmounted by a coronet. The end papers have a label 'Bourne and Shepherd : Artists, Photographers and Publishers. Calcutta, Simla and Bombay.' This album deals with architectural views in Gwalior, Orchha, Lucknow, Mandalay, Rangoon, Trichinopoly [i.e. Tiruchchirappalli], Tanjore, Madura, Ellora, Ajanta, Benares, Nepal, Palitana,...
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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Peking, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/25
Scope and Contents
269 x 213 mm. View looking along a street in the Chinese city from the wall.
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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Peking [1890s], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/10
Scope and Contents
271 x 207 mm. View looking over the rooftops of Peking, with an open market in the left foreground.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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).