Kanpur (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
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Suttee Chowra Ghat, Cawnpore, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/39
Scope and Contents
319 x 187 mm. View looking along the riverbank towards the Sati Chaura Ghat, the landing place on the Ganges north of Wheeler's Entrenchment at Cawnpore where on 27 June 1857 the British garrison were ambushed and massacred after having been promised safe passage out of the town. Behind the landing place itself is a hexagonal temple dedicated to Shiva. See also Y3022L/31. No. 1208.
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).
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The Bibigarh Memorial from the outside, 1874
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/1/29
Scope and Contents
80 x 97 mm. (p. 256).
Dates:
1874
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 memorial on the site of the Bibigarh well, Cawnpore, into which the bodies of massacred women and children were thrown by mutineers in July 1857], 1874
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/1/28
Scope and Contents
158 x 208 mm. In 1948, after India's independence, the monument and its surrounding screen were moved to the churchyard of the Cawnpore Memorial Church (p. 263).
Dates:
1874
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 Memorial Well, Cawnpore, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/35
Scope and Contents
300 x 244 mm. View looking across the Memorial Gardens towards the screen which surrounds the Memorial Well. Bourne no. 1205.
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).
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The Memorial Well, Cawnpore, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/35
Scope and Contents
286 x 235 mm. View looking across the gardens towards the Memorial Well. Duplicate of Y3022D/35. No. 1205.
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).
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The Memorial Well & Gardens, Cawnpore [Kanpur], 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/69
Scope and Contents
277 x 229 mm. View looking across the gardens towards the Gothic screen surrounding the well, with an ornamental lake in the foreground. Photo by Sache.
Dates:
1870
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 Memorial Well, statue by Marochetti, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/36
Scope and Contents
292 x 244 mm. View of the marble angel by Carlo Marochetti which stands over the Memorial Well. Duplicate at Y3022B/123. Bourne no. 1206.
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).
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The raw hide shed, 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/633
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). (Mostly buffalo from all over India) - those on the big weighing machine are dried. Messrs Cooper Allen and Co. Cawnpore. Govt. Boot and Army Equipment Factory.
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).
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The Thimble Trick, 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/632
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Near the Mills, Cawnpore. [With women and children watching as a man does the vanishing thimble trick]
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).
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The waste tan drying ground, 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/636
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
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).
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The Well, Cawnpore, 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/643
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Memorial Statue by Marochetti surrounded by the Memorial Gardens.
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).
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Unloading bark at the Tannary [i.e. tannery], 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/634
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). This bark is ground up and then infused in leaches: at the back is the extract plant: a vacuum pump in front : in far back is 3-storyed boot dept: the sacks contain Myrabolams from Central Provinces. [With East Indian Railway freight trucks in the background].
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).
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Unloading wool from Railway sidings, 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/628
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). The raw material: Cawnpore.
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).
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View across the Ganges, near Cawnpore, 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/627
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Shows how easily river can change its course over the sand. (Fisher).
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).
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Well in the model village, 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/637
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Of Messrs. Cooper Allens works, Cawnpore.
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).