Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
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The Train Wallah, 1905 - 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/15
Scope and Contents
[Location unknown]
Dates:
1905 - 1906
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 transport mules before going on the race course, 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/177
Scope and Contents
78 x 53 mm. Similar to Y302M/49.
Dates:
1934
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 Trevor Town Hall
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 22/23
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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The Tripolia Gate of Palace, 1905-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 13/2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains photographs, 290 x 215 mm., mounted on card in a black leather-bound album with 'Views of Udaipur' and the Udaipur arms on the cover. The photographs have hand-written captions. Subjects comprise a portrait of the Maharana of Udaipur and architectural views in the state.
Dates:
1905-11
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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The Tripolia Gate of the City Palace, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022II/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection of silver prints, originally in an album. No date or other details are known of the origin of the album. The photographs, of high quality, were taken by K.L. Syed, State Photographer, Palanpur, and show scenes in Udaipur, but there are no captions. Each print has a number preceded by 'V' on the back. Collections of photographs and published works have been used to caption these views of the complex of magnificent palaces and other buildings of and adjoining the Pichola lake,...
Dates:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Udaipur
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The triumphal arch erected at the Nepalese frontier to welcome King George
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 21/1
Scope and Contents
270 x 214 mm.
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 Tusker hobbled and secured to a post
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 29/23
Scope and Contents
290 x 90 mm.
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
The Tweed, Colombo Harbour, Ceylon, 1888, 1974
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/5/24
Scope and Contents
Oil on canvas painting, 102 x 76 cm, commissioned from the marine artist Sidney Fever. It depicts the tea clipper ‘The Tweed’ about to sail from Colombo Harbour on 8 April 1888, where she had called during her voyage from China to New York. Weatherstone meticulously researched the ship and harbour in contemporary plans, prints and photographs to ensure the painting’s authenticity, and his list of sources is filed with the collection. ‘The Tweed’ began life as the armed paddle steamer...
Dates:
1974
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 twin-engined aircraft in which the Australian aviator Ross M. Smith (1892-1922) made the first flight from England to Australia, in 1919], 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/51
Scope and Contents
135 x 85 mm.
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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[The twin-engined aircraft in which the Australian aviator Ross M. Smith (1892-1922) made the first flight from England to Australia, in 1919], 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/52
Scope and Contents
105 x 80 mm.
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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[The twin-engined aircraft in which the Australian aviator Ross M. Smith (1892-1922) made the first flight from England to Australia, in 1919], 1919
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/53
Scope and Contents
100 x 80 mm.
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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The Tyropean Valley, 1857
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214B/22
Scope and Contents
229 x 156 mm. A view showing a section of southern Jerusalem with thick growths of prickly pear cactus in the foreground, the houses of the town beyond and the dome of the Mosque of Omar visible behind two cypress trees. The remains of ancient bridge or viaduct, known as 'Dr Robinson's Arch' can be seen just to the right of centre of the print .
Dates:
1857
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
The University of Papua and New Guinea 1970, 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/2 PNG/1
Scope and Contents
An album containing photographs with hand-written captions of buildings and students of the University of Papua New Guinea.
Dates:
1970
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 unsuspecting herd entering the inner stockade
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 29/12
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A bound volume with padded covers containing photogravure reproductions of photographs by Barton Son and Company. There is a printed introduction (pages 2-10) describing the kheddah operations by M. Mutannah, Conservator of Forests, Mysore. Unless otherwise stated, the reproductions are 285 x 245 mm.; these appear on right-hand pages, one to a page
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 unveiling of the statue of the late Queen Empress, 1906-03-17 - 1906-03-19
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/226
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:
1906-03-17 - 1906-03-19
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 upper Tombs of Ikimad-ud-Doulah [i.e. Itimad ?] and his wife, Agra, 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/696
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. [View from exterior looking through ornately decorated doorway towards tombs].
Dates:
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).
Fonds
'The Vale of Kashmir seen under a cloud'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 80
Scope and Contents
A narrative by 'Colonel Jones' and 'Major Robinson' of their hunting expedition in Kashmir, 48 pages, followed by 'Six weeks in a French vicarage by Hubert Richard Lovett', 19 pages. There are ten photographs inserted in the first narrative of members of the party and of the places they visited, which included Srinagar.
Dates:
1875
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
File
The Vale of Kashmir seen under a cloud 1875, 1875-06 - 1875-07
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022MM
Scope and Contents
Manuscript narrative of a two-month hunting expedition in June-July 1875 undertaken by three army officers 'under a cloud' as they travelled without official passes of the Kashmir Government, hence the pseudonyms of 'Colonel Jones' and 'Major Robinson'. The third, 'General Brown' did not complete the journey. 'Major Robinson' was Hubert Richard Lovett (1854-1908), then a Lieutenant in the 60th Rifles. They journeyed from Sialkot into the Pir Panjal range, along the Jhelum River and...
Dates:
1875-06 - 1875-07
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 Valley of Jehoshaphat, Jerusalem, 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214C/15
Scope and Contents
227 x 160 mm. A view looking along the Valley of Jehoshaphat with the Mount of Olives in the background. In the foreground is the Jewish burial ground with tombstones and sepulchres. The furthest sepulchre is the Tomb of Absalom, the nearest the Tomb of Zechariah.
Dates:
1860
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 Viaduct and old Bridge [Darporee], 1854
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303A/44
Scope and Contents
242 x 195 mm. View showing the other side of the viaduct, with part of the old wooden road bridge visible beyond. (Photograph by T. Shepherd of Poona).
Dates:
1854
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 Viceroy and Lady Minto and party at Government House, Calcutta Janry [i.e. January] 1st 1906, 1906-01-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/245
Scope and Contents
The Viceroy and Lady Minto flanked by the Prince and Princess in a group at Government House.
Dates:
1906-01-01
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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The Viceroy and Lady Minto leading the elephant procession past the Bara Imambara, 1908-11
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/63
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:
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).
Item
The Viceroy House, 1935
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/11/200
Scope and Contents
101 x 58 mm.
Dates:
1935
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 Viceroy's Cup, 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/6
Scope and Contents
79 x 54 mm. Three people with the cup, photographed at New 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).
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The Viceroy’s elephants with their state trappings, 1860 - 1869
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/80
Scope and Contents
283 x 232 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/53 and Y3022B/100. Photograph probably by Samuel Bourne.
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).