India (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7957 Collections and/or Records:
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Old palace in Bharatpur Fort, 1880 - 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022K/13
Scope and Contents
263 x 200 mm. General view looking up towards the palace from below. Numbered '1890'.
Dates:
1880 - 1885
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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Old Palace overlooking the lake at Gujner, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/59
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).
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Old Race Stand, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/36
Scope and Contents
219x133mm. View of the old race stand, probably taken in the 1880s. The first race meetings in Calcutta took place in 1803 in the face of Governor Wellesley's disapproval, although the racecourse at the S.W. corner of the Maidan was not laid out until 1819. The dates of the construction and demolition of this building have not been established, (Massey p.3).
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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Old river view, showing sailing ships, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/15
Scope and Contents
218x159mm. View from the bank of the Hooghly showing sailing vessels at their moorings on the river. The precise location is not identified, but the silhouetted building in the left background is possibly the Bank of Bengal, in which case the photograph looks S along Strand Road towards Colvin's Ghat, (Massey p.2). Photograph credited to Johnston and Hoffman.
Dates:
1870 - 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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Old view of Chowringhee showing tanks opposite Lindsay Street and Bengal Club, 1867
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/10
Scope and Contents
290x192mm. View from the Ochterlony Monument looking S.E. across the Maidan and along Chowringhee Road. The tank opposite Lindsay Street (in foreground) is Monohor Das' Tank, the one beyond is the General's Tank. In the distance is St Paul's Cathedral. Although unsigned, the photograph is probably one of Samuel Bourne's panoramas, taken c.1867. The absence of the Outram statue at the junction of Park Street and Chowringhee (midway between the two tanks) certainly dates the photograph to...
Dates:
1867
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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Old view of Eden Gardens, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/42
Scope and Contents
282x190mm. View looking northwards across the Eden Gardens, with the masts of shipping moored on the Hooghly visible in the distance. The gardens are situated just north of Fort William on a piece of land bounded by Strand Road, Auckland Road and Eden Gardens Road. The gardens were laid out with funds supplied by the Eden sisters (sisters of the Earl of Auckland, Governor-General 1836-42). In the foreground stands the statue of Sir William Peel V.C., (Massey p.18).
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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Old view of Esplanade E. showing Dhurrumtollah Tank, 1867
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/7
Scope and Contents
291x175mm. View from the Ochterlony Monument taken c.1867. This view forms a part of Samuel Bourne's seven part panorama of the city (see also Y3022E8, Y3022S/66, Y3022AA/3). In the foreground on the Maidan is the old Dhurrumtollah Tank before it was filled in, with Esplanade Row beyond and northern Calcutta in the background. The buildings visible along the Esplanade are, from left to right, Madame Nielly's French Millinery shop, Payne & Co.'s 'Belatee Bungalow' (on the site later to be...
Dates:
1867
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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Old view of Government House from Auchterlony [Ochterlony] Monument, 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/3
Scope and Contents
278x185mm. View looking N.W. from the top of the Ochterlony Monument, across the Maidan towards the S. facade of Government House. At the right, opposite the E. gate of Government House at the junction of Esplanade Row and Old Court House Street, is Scott Thomson's Corner. To the left of Government House are the Town Hall and, fronting onto Council House Street, the Legislative Department and the Treasury. For other sections of this panoramic view from the monument, see Y3022BB/7,10,...
Dates:
1866
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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Old view of Government House, south aspect, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/1
Scope and Contents
149xl00 mm. View looking N along Old Court House Street towards Government House. Designed by Charles Wyatt of the Bengal Engineers and built for the Marquis of Wellesley between 1799 and 1803, the house was modelled on Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire and consists of a central area with a wing at each corner joined to the central structure by four curving passages. Above the apsideal termination of the centre of the S facade is a dome, placed on the building soon after its construction to...
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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Old view of Government Place E. and Old Court House Street, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/55
Scope and Contents
291x197mm. View from the S. gardens of Government House looking N.E. along Government Place East towards Old Court House Street. The Great Eastern Hotel is at the extreme left. Also visible, at 12 Government Place, are the premises of Harman & Co., Tailors. This firm was originally established inTank Square (Dalhousie Square), but moved to Government Place in 1866. At the right, in a building with Corinthian columns and a pediment on the W. facade are the old premises of Francis,...
Dates:
1870 - 1879
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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Old view of the Bengal Club, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/30
Scope and Contents
309x109mm. View of the Chowringhee facade of the Bengal Club. The club was founded in 1827, its first home being in Gordon's Buildings, Esplanade East. From 1829-45 its clubhouse was in Tank Square (later Dalhousie Square). In the latter year it moved into the buildings at 33 Chowringhee Road seen here. This was the house lived in by Lord Macaulay while Law Member of the Supreme Council from 1834-38. The buildings were previously two private residences (nos. 1 and 1/1Russell Street). The...
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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Old view of the Medical College Hospital, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/48
Scope and Contents
289x211mm. View from College Street of the S. facade of the Medical College Hospital, which has a rusticated basement storey with a colonnade running along the full extent of the range above. In the centre is an octostyle portico with columns carrying palm leaf capitals, with pavilions at either end of the building. The hospital was designed and erected by the firm of Burn & Co., and built between 1848-52, (Massey p.17).
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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On arrival, Calcutta, 1980 - 1986
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/5/18
Scope and Contents
229 x 178 mm. pen and ink sketch showing the arrival of a young man from Britain recruited to work on the Assam tea plantations during the late 1840s.
Dates:
1980 - 1986
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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On Coonoor Railway, 1907-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/260
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 168-346 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 200A, 263A, 270A-D, 280A, 296A, 335A-B; spoiled: 234; not used: 170, 172, 173, 175, 199, 203, 204, 216, 226, 228, 240-242, 253, 255, 257, 258, 262, 300, 314, 325, 326, 334; missing: 333. Numbers 270A-D and 280A are by Hutchins. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 280A follows 337. Subjects covered in this album...
Dates:
1907-12
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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On road to Chaudanwara, 1902 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/94
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:
1902 - 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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On the Bhore [Bhor] Ghat 15095, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/62
Scope and Contents
250 x 200 mm.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
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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On the Dal Canal. Picking freshwater mussels, 1899 - 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/49
Scope and Contents
78 x 108 mm.
Dates:
1899 - 1901
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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On the Darjeeling Railway, Chinbatti Loop, 1907-12 - 1908-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/483
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Copy. [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).
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On the Darjeeling Railway, Loop No. 4, 1907-12 - 1908-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/484
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Copy. [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).
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On the Dhul Canal, near the city, 1864
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022C/7
Scope and Contents
298 x 243 mm. View looking along the poplar-lined canal, with Kashmiri boats moored at either bank. The canal leads to the Dhul or Dal Lake, just NE of the city. Bourne no. 797.
Dates:
1864
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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On the golf course, 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/14/21
Scope and Contents
79 x 55 mm. Four figures in the photograph are identified on the back as Pinhorn, Vintcent and their wives.
Dates:
1933
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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[On the golf course], 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/144
Scope and Contents
151 x 97 mm. Five people, including Pinhorn, Vintcent and their wives.
Dates:
1933
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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On the Krishna 15114, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/81
Scope and Contents
250 x 200 mm.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
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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On the Krishna 15115, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/82
Scope and Contents
250 x 200 mm.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
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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On the Krishna 15116, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/83
Scope and Contents
250 x 200 mm.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
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).