Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Views at Kalewa and on Upper Chindwin, 1894 - 1897
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/28-75
Scope and Contents
A series of prints measuring approximately 155 x 105 mm. The majority of the prints are captioned.
Dates:
1894 - 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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Views at the Marble Rocks, Jubbulpoore [i.e. Jabalpur], 1860s
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022CC
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints mounted on stout card with handwritten captions beneath. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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
Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/941
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Temple of Sri Babul Nath, Parsee Tower behind - Church Gate Station - B.B. and C.I. Rly. Administration offices - White statue of Lord Sandhurst, Governor of Bombay - Sir Richard Temple, white statue. (Fisher). (Looking north-west).
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).
Item
Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/942
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). St Xavier's College - Cinematograph Tent - Parade Maidan - Gokul Das Tej Pal Hospital - The High Court - Angaman Islam School - General Post Office - Officer, Bombay Municipal Corporation - G.I.P. Railway Administration Offices. (Fisher). (Looking north-east) .
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).
Item
Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/943
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Cross Island - Works in connection with new Docks. (Fisher). (Looking east-north-east).
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).
Item
Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/944
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). St thomas Cathedral - bombay Port Trust Offices - Butchers Island - Pumping engine of New Docks - Bombay Arsenal - Chief Signal Flagstaff - Bombay Customs - Bombay Central Press - Opium warehouses. (Fisher). (Looking east).
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).
Item
Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/945
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Opium warehouse - Uran Island - Govt. Dockyards Jetty - Fort - P. and O. boat - St Andrews Church - Govrnment Docks extend all along this line. (Fisher). (Looking south-east).
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).
Item
Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/946
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). White boat, Royal India Marine - Sailors Home - Taj Mahal Hotel - Elphinstone College - The Crescent - Foundation Stone of Prince of Wales Western India Museum - Watsons Hotel. (Fisher). (Looking south-south-east).
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).
Item
Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/947
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taj Mahal Hotel - Secretariat of Govt. of Bombay - Bandstand Oval (Fisher). (Looking south).
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).
Item
Views from windows in the Kashmiri Bazaar, Agra of the procession of the Tazias, Moharam time, 1908-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/672
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Some of these turbans should be a warm green as in painting 682. (Fisher).
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
Views in Australia, Egypt, Aden, Asia and other places chiefly circa 1908-1915
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)
Scope and Contents
The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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
Fonds
Views in Bombay
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022GG
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints by Raja Deen Dayal (plate 7), Bourne and Shepherd (plate 13) and others unknown. The prints, mainly measuring approximately 270 x 205 mm, show Bombay scenes. Some of the prints are captioned. Captions composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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
Fonds
Views in Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1890s
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303G
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose albumen prints, the majority measuring approximately 260 x 205 mm, some captioned on the reverse. Titles composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets. The collection shows scenes mainly in Colombo and Trincomalee. Photographs by A.W.A. Plâté and Co., William Louis Henry Skeen and Co., Aldolphus William Andree and the Colombo Apothecaries Company.A.W.A. Plâté and Co.Founded in 1890 by A.W.A. Plâté and his wife Clara in a studio in the...
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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
Fonds
Views in India by Lala Deen Diyal
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J
Scope and Contents
An album containing albumen prints of various sizes with handwritten captions. The numbers at the end of individual photograph entries refer to numbers in the photographer's catalogues.
Dates:
1874 - 1910
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
Fonds
Views in India, circa 1901
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P
Scope and Contents
An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Dates:
1901
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
Fonds
Views in Ootacamund [i.e. Udagamandalam] and the Nilgiris
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022FF
Scope and Contents
A collection consisting of a panorama (5 joined prints) and loose prints, measuring approximately 280 x 210 mm. The prints are captioned (probably in Penn's hand) on the reverse. Prints 1 and 2 are also rubberstamped 'A.T.W. Penn, Reliance, Ootacamund'. This refers to the Reliance Auction and Commission Agency run by Penn in the early years of the twentieth century.
Dates:
1905
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
Fonds
Views in the Dutch East Indies (Java and Sumatra), 1880s-1890s
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A
Scope and Contents
Prints of various sizes, by various unknown photographers, captioned on the reverse. The prints show views in Batavia (Jakarta), Surabaya, Semerang and Padang. The photographs appear to have come from various sources, prints 1-15 being captioned in one hand, prints 16-24 in another.
Dates:
1880 - 1899
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
Views in Tiretta Bazaar Street, 1907-12 - 1908-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/497
Scope and Contents
Calcutta.
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
Views in Tiretta Bazaar Street, 1907-12 - 1908-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/498
Scope and Contents
Calcutta.
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
Views in Tiretta Bazaar Street, 1907-12 - 1908-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/499
Scope and Contents
Calcutta.
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
Views in Tiretta Bazaar Street, 1907-12 - 1908-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/500
Scope and Contents
Calcutta.
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).
File
Views of Ajmer, Rajputana [i.e. Rajasthan] 1911, 1911
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 22
Scope and Contents
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.
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).
Fonds
Views of Benares [i.e. Varanasi] from the riverside presented by the Maharaja of Benares
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022TT
Scope and Contents
A small album containing prints measuring approximately 95 x 70 mm. The album cover is stamped with the title in gold. Letterpress captions are pasted beneath the photographs. The prints show some of the ghats which line the Ganges riverfront as it flows through Benares.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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
Fonds
Views of Bharatpur and Deeg [i. e. Dig] 1885
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022K
Scope and Contents
An album of photographs by Lala Deen Diyal containing albumen prints of various sizes, most measuring either approximately 205 x 145 mm or 250 x 195 mm, with captions beneath prints and signed on the last page 'Deen Diyal Indore 20th August 1885'. The majority of the prints are initialled DD and have an individual number which is also annotated below on the album page. It is assumed this is the photographers’ own reference.Bharatpur and Deeg (Dig).This album gives a detailed...
Dates:
1880 - 1885
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
Views of Bikaner 1905, 1905
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15
Scope and Contents
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).