Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16196 Collections and/or Records:
Item
[Puppy and dog], 1977-08-04
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/77
Scope and Contents
49 x 49 mm. The photograph is part of a set taken in Simla and Delhi, but there is no indication of which image relates to which location.
Dates:
1977-08-04
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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Purana Qila, 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/1
Scope and Contents
151 x 98 mm. The old fort at Delhi.
Dates:
1931
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).
Item
Pushkar : the Temple of Barahji
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 22/31
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains 32 prints approximately 300 x 235 mm (mounted on card) with captions and bound in a blue leather album. 'MRI Ajmer, Rajputana 1911' is on the front cover; it was presumably a presentation volume.
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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Pushkar : the Temple of Brahma
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 22/30
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains 32 prints approximately 300 x 235 mm (mounted on card) with captions and bound in a blue leather album. 'MRI Ajmer, Rajputana 1911' is on the front cover; it was presumably a presentation volume.
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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Pushkar : the Temple of Rungji
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 22/32
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains 32 prints approximately 300 x 235 mm (mounted on card) with captions and bound in a blue leather album. 'MRI Ajmer, Rajputana 1911' is on the front cover; it was presumably a presentation volume.
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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Puspati Viziaram Gajpati Sultan Bahadur, The Hon. M. Raja Shri, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/140
Scope and Contents
125 x 175 mm. Garu of Vizyanagaram; succeeded 1897; ruled from 1904; representative of Zamindars on Madras Legislative Council. Full length seated portrait.
Dates:
1911
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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Putting the red lacquer upon the black box, 1907-12 - 1908-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/425
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate.
Dates:
1907-12 - 1908-01
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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P.W.D. bungalow, Dong, 1904 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/69
Scope and Contents
Showing a wood and thatch single storey house, with servants quarters at the right and a bullock cart in the foreground. Precise location unidentified: a note on the reverse suggests either Sarawak or Pahang.
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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P.W.D. Jetty, Kuala Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu], during floods, December 25 1926, 1926-12-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/41
Scope and Contents
136 x 79 mm. A view looking along the jetty before the worst of the flooding. An arrow on the print shows the level water reached on December 29. A note on the reverse states that the jetty was under a foot of water on November 4; in the second bout of flooding it was submerged to a depth of five feet.
Dates:
1926-12-25
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).
Item
Pykara Falls, near Ootacamund, 1907-12 - 1908-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/266B
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Photograph by Firebrace].
Dates:
1907-12 - 1908-01
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).
Item
Python urtus, 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/169
Scope and Contents
100 x 78 mm. Showing the python, probably a dead specimen, lying on a table.
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).
Item
Qadir Khan: One of 4 Indian Officers appointed as A.D.C. to his Majesty King George V during his Jubilee year (1935), 1935 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022UUUU/4
Scope and Contents
145 x 225 mm. On mount 250 x 325 mm. Served in World Wars I and II. The second of the 7 brothers, three of whom served in the British Army.
Dates:
1935 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs by A. Chand
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Quadrangle in the Motee Musjid, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/21
Scope and Contents
318 x 193 mm. View from the SE corner of the mosque enclosure looking across the courtyard towards the 3 aisles of 7 bays of multifoil arches which lead into the mosque proper (or liwan) on the N face. The terraced roof is surmounted by a number of small pavilions and three large onion domes. Situated in the centre of the fort and built by Shah Jahan 1646-53, the exterior of the building is faced with red sandstone while the interior courts are constructed wholly of marble. In the foreground...
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).
Item
Quadrangle outside Anup Mahal, 1905
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/72
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints the majority of which are circa 290 x 215 mm., but 4-6, 9-18, 20-27, 51-55, 91-94, and 96-98 are approximately 140 x 100 mm. Nos. 4-27, 51 are scenes of the Royal Visit in November 1905, 19-26 being triumphal arches. The other subjects are the Maharajah and his family (1-3), Lallgarh Palace (28-50), Gujner (52-64), the Old Palace (65-82, 85), Bikaner City (83-84, 891-98 and Bikaner forces (89-90). There are printed captions: the collection is in a richly bound album...
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).
Item
Quadruple lion capital, 1908-01 - 1908-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/572
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Found at Sarnath.
Dates:
1908-01 - 1908-02
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
Quarters, 1919
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/55-56
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
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).
Item
Quarters, 658 Egerton Road, Seremban, [? 1930s], 1930 - 1939
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/4
Scope and Contents
107 x 61 mm. A view from the garden showing the residence of an unidentified official. The locations of the various rooms are marked on the back of the print.
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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).
Item
Quartier Mavrocordato, Nicosie - Chypre, 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/38
Scope and Contents
From the File:
An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.
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).
Fonds
Queen Mary Indian collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89
Scope and Contents
Material collected during the Royal couple's two visits to India in 1905-1906 and 1911-1912 with a few items from other periods. There are printed books, many of them presentation copies, relating to India; programmes, orders of ceremonial and other items from the visits, many specially bound; and albums of photographs and other material presented to King George and Queen Mary or compiled by them as souvenirs of their visits. The material is in English with the exception of one item in...
Dates:
1881 - 1989
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
Queen Soopyalat's [Supayalat] Golden Kyoung , 1885 - 1893
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/217
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1885 - 1893
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).
Item
Queen Soopyalat's Throne Room - Mandalay, now the Syim Khana U.B.C., 1885 - 1897
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/227
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1885 - 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).
Item
Queen Soopyulot's [Supayalat] Golden Monastery , 1890
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/244
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1890
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).
Item
[Queen Victoria Statue, Bombay], 1890 - 1899
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022GG/12
Scope and Contents
215 x 276 mm. View of the statue by Noble (? presumably Matthew Noble, 1818-1876) standing at the junction of Rampart Row, Esplanade Row and Mayo Road. The statue was the gift of the Gaekwar of Baroda and was unveiled by Lord Northbrook in 1872.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Views in Bombay
Item
Queen Victoria’s 60 year Jubilee, Kandy, 1897
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/5
Scope and Contents
272 x 208 mm. View from the Pattirippwa (the octagonal building) of the Temple of the Tooth looking along the Esplanade towards Queen’s Hotel at the farther end. The Diamond Jubilee celebrations are in progress, with crowds gathered round the Governor’s pavilion and troops of the Lancashire Regiment beyond. The celebrations took place on June 29th.
Dates:
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).
Item
Queen Victoria’s 60 year Jubilee, Kandy, 1897-06-29
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/6
Scope and Contents
276 x 214 mm. View from the same location as Y303B/5, probably taken a short while before the start of the ceremony. On either side of the carpet leading to the Governor’s pavilion is a row of elephants who bowed as Governor Ridgeway passed by. Photograph probably by W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Dates:
1897-06-29
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).