Scope and Contents 283 x 179 mm. Group portrait taken in the open-sided marquee of Sir Richard Temple, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. For details of the durbar, at which Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India, see Y3022M (J. Talboys Wheeler, ‘The history of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi’ (London, 1877).Figures identified in the group are: C Sanderson; Mrs Sanderson; Col. J.T. Nicholls R.E.; Mrs Rivett-Carnac; Mrs Steel; Mr Faulder; Lord Ulick Browne; Mrs Bell; Dr T.E. Charles; Mrs Charles;...

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155 x 100 mm. Group photograph.

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A collection of photographs, each 250 x 190 mm, probably dating from the late 19th century. The prints are captioned in pencil on the back and the titles transcribed in the catalogue.

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76 x 56 mm.

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85 x 105 mm. A snake charmer playing a bamboo flute. There is a cobra on a blanket before him.

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130 x 85 mm. Two snake charmers playing bamboo flutes. There is a cobra on a blanket before one of them, and a smaller snake on the ground before the other.

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125 x 80 mm. A snake charmer playing a bamboo flute. There is a cobra on a blanket before him.

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105 x 85 mm. A view of a cobra on a blanket, presumably as the snake charmer (not visible) plays his bamboo flute.

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79 x 53 mm.

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87 x 55 mm. A woman standing next to rocks covered with flasks and other items, probably at Surajkund, near Delhi.

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78 x 54 mm. Two men and two women next to a wall, with buildings visible in the background, probably at Surjakund, near Delhi.

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87 x 51 mm. A man standing in front of a wall overlooking water, near Delhi.

Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...

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Half-plate (landscape format). Near The Ridge Delhi.

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Half-plate (landscape format). Near The Ridge Delhi.

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...

Scope and Contents 296 x 233 mm. General view, looking across an open space, of Skinner's Church, dedicated to St James. The church is situated just inside the Kashmir Gate and was erected in 1836 at the expense of James Skinner (1778-1841) of Skinner's Horse. It is built in the form of a Greek cross, with three of the arms terminating in hexastyle Tuscan porticos, the fourth forming the choir. Around the circular central mass pilasters alternate with windows and blind sections, the whole surmounted by a dome...

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279 x 229 mm. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1345.

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131 x 93 mm. The interior of hall in the Viceroy's House, New Delhi.

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Half-plate. The two elephants are of dark blue-gray slate coloured stone. (Fisher).

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Section of the newspaper The Onlooker, which features various photographs of the fifty-two members of the hunt.

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177 x 230 mm. (p. 285).

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Half-plate (landscape format). Showing place of peacock throne at back, now being restored by a very clever Italian artist craftsman from Florence, thanks to Lord Curzon. (Fisher).

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105 x 152 mm. 1st Baron Wavell and his wife Eugénie Marie.

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Quarter-plate.