Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
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General view, Benares, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/30
Scope and Contents
320 x 195 mm. View from the right bank of the Ganges looking NW across the river towards the city. The most prominent building is the Mosque of Aurangzeb known as the Minarets, which can be seen at the right. To the left of centre is the Ghusla Ghat, with the Manikarnika Ghat at the extreme left. A number of Indians are posed with cattle in the foreground. Bourne no. 1165.
Dates:
1860 - 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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General view from Arthur's Seat, 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/52
Scope and Contents
316 x 190 mm. View from Gregory Road looking north across the Lake towards the town, with Tricomalee Street running off northwards. The large white building near the lake at the south end of Trincomalee Street is Queen's Hotel.
Dates:
1871
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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General view from Arthur's Seat, showing Buddhist Temple and Library, 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/53
Scope and Contents
315 x 190 mm. View from a similar location to the preceding print, but showing more of the eastern part of the town. The whole of the Esplanade is visible, with Queen's Hotel at the west end of the Temple of the Tooth at the east. The Buddhist Library is the white building jutting out into the lake at the extreme right. The tower of St Paul's Church can be seen in the centre of the print. No. 2086 scratched out on negative.
Dates:
1871
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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General view from bank of Ganges, Benares, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/132
Scope and Contents
315 x 186 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/30.
Dates:
1860 - 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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Views of India
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General view from Lady Horton's Walk, Kandy, 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/51
Scope and Contents
317 x 184 mm. View looking west over the Lake, the Esplanade and the town from the road (known as Lady Horton's Drive) running up the hillside behind the Temple of the Tooth. A similar view to Y303A/36. No. 2084 scratched out on negative.
Dates:
1871
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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General view from Maharaja's Palace of the fortress, Gwalior, 1874 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/49
Scope and Contents
195 x 225 mm. No.3216.
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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General view from N.E. of Audience Hall overlooking the Tupawewa [Thuparama], Pollannaruwa, 1870 - 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/10
Scope and Contents
283 x 213 mm. View looking towards the crest of a small hill where the remaining columns of the Audience Hall stand among the trees.
Dates:
1870 - 1871
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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General view, Museum grounds, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/26
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints, of various sizes, mounted in an album bound in red half-leather inscribed on the front cover 'Photographs: Royal Tour in India: Bombay and Indore. Raja Deen Dayal and Sons. State Photographers' and with the Prince of Wales Emblem above. All prints have typed captions.
Dates:
1905
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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General view of a street on market day at Weihaiwei, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4054
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taken from the stone stage of the theatre.
Dates:
1908-11
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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General view of a street on market day at Weihaiwei, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4055
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908-11
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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General view of "Arhai-din-ka" Jhonpra, Ajmere, 1874 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/68
Scope and Contents
265 x 200 mm. No. 1719.
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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General view of assembly at Museum, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/28
Scope and Contents
215 x 160 mm and 280 x 160 mm (two prints joined to make a panorama).
Dates:
1905
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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General view of Brunei Town, 1908-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4250
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Trimmed. In far distance district (wettest in Brunei territory). [View of town on stilts]. Small-leaved Belunu and large-leaved Membagan trees in foreground.
Dates:
1908-12
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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General view of Brunei Town, 1908-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4251
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Trimmed. [Similar to 4250].
Dates:
1908-12
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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General view of Brunei Town, 1908-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4252
Scope and Contents
[No print]. Missing.
Dates:
1908-12
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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[?General view of formal garden], 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Y/17
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains loose photographs (mounted on loose cards), 200 x 150 mm (unless otherwise stated) by K.B. Padhye. The collection sustained flood damage in 1980, the second such fate to befall this collection. Sixteen of the photographs were transferred from an album damaged by flooding in December 1974. Mounts and albums bore the name of K.B. Phadye, 'Photographic artist', Aurangabad. Mr John Wright and his colleagues at the Tropical Products Institute Library assisted in linking photographs...
Dates:
1908
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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General view of Jaipur, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/8
Scope and Contents
Two prints juxtaposed to form a panorama.
Dates:
1905
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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General view of Lake and Bund showing the Camp, 1905-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 17/68
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints, 290 x 235 mm (mounted on card) with printed captions are in a black leather bound album with 'Royal Visit to Gwalior, December 1905' on the cover; the Prince of Wales Feathers, the Arms of Gwalior and the Maharaja's signature 'M. Scindia Gwalior 1905' in metal are attached to the front cover.
Dates:
1905-12
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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General view of Nuwara Eliya (the Sanitarium), 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/48
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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).
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General view of Palace, Lake and forts, Amber, 1874 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/58
Scope and Contents
265 x 200 mm. No. 1759.
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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General View of Residency, Lucknow, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/70
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Monochrome postcards. The geographical locations of the cards, together with their publishers, breakdown thus:1-9 Calcutta (various anonymous publishers)10-57 Agra (K. Lall and Co.)58-59 Benares (also known as Varanasi - Saeed Bros.)60-75 Lucknow (Omaid Singh and Sons)76-91 Delhi (Lal Chand and Sons, Dariba, Delhi)92-123 Lahore and Amritsar (Punjab Religious Book Society, Lahore)124-129 Burma130-135 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) coloured (Plate and...
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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General view of Salt [As-Salt] from the south-east, 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/1/93
Scope and Contents
75 x 101 mm. glossy print, with 110 x 155 mm. enlargement and 35 mm. negative.
Dates:
1957
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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General view of Simla, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/20
Scope and Contents
291 x 240 mm. View taken from Jakko (possibly from 'Bonnie Moon' boarding house) looking NW towards the ridge and bazaar, with Christ Church at the right, the bazaar on the hillside to the left and the Government Offices among the trees at the summit of the ridge. Compare with the later view in Pat Barr and Ray Desmond, 'Simla, a hill station in British India' (1978) p. 56. Duplicate at Y3022B/145. Bourne no. 1793.
Dates:
1860 - 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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General view of site of New Docks, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/34
Scope and Contents
325 x 110 mm. 2 photos
Dates:
1905
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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General view of Stanley from above the cemetery, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4444
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. In foreground is the site of the Old British Cantonment of 1839: note Chinese Temple across the bay. [A misty distance].
Dates:
1909
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).