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The record is made up of 1 black full-leather, unpublished album (29 pages) containing 99 photographic prints pasted into volume (and one loose) with handwritten captions beneath. It was created in 1898-1900. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Content

Genre/Subject Matter:

The album contains informal snapshots and work by professional photographers, showing views of various interiors, viceregal functions and events, together with landscape views of: Bombay, Lucknow, Calcutta, Barakpur, Mashobra, Bhopal, Benares, Narkanda, Delhi, Gwalior, Brindaban, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Bhopal, Benares (Varanasi) and Assam. Group portraits of Naga and other hill tribes complete the album. A final, loose print is a view in Buenos Aires: it is unclear how this image is related to the rest of the album.

Elements:

1 ‘Launch nearing the landing steps [Bombay]’

2 ‘Crowd waiting at Bundar [Bombay]’

3 ‘Going up the steps [Bombay]’

4 ‘G. and M. V. C. on steps [Bombay]’

5 ‘Procession in Bombay on day of arrival, barouche just leaving Bundar’

6 ‘Being carried to the launch from the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Aden’

7 ‘Government House, Bombay, Jan 1, 1899.’

8 Marble Hall in Government House, Calcutta

9 Interior of Government House, Calcutta

10 Marble Hall in Government House, Calcutta

11 Drawing Room in Government House, Calcutta

12 Council Room in Government House, Calcutta

13 ‘Baillie Guard Gate, Lucknow’

14 ‘Last jump in the paper chase, [Simla]’

15 ‘The finish, paper chase, [Simla]’

16 ‘Paper chase, [Simla]. Breakfast given by staff in tent. Victoria & body guard waiting.’

17 ‘Xmas, Aden’

18 ‘Irene on board Arabia’

19 ‘Irene’

20 Informal group portrait with the Curzons

21 [Portrait of] Lord & Lady Lonsdale, Mr Meade [and a dog], Fluck

22 ‘Fair at Sipi’

23 ‘Fair at Sipi’

24 ‘Staff luncheon at Annandale’

25 ‘Black Heart luncheon at Annandale before the Horse Show, [Simla]’

26 Viceregal group at Simla

27 ‘My friend the Prince’

28 ‘[Portrait of] Capt Adam [and] Capt Baker-Carr’

29 Irene & her admirers, [Simla].

30 ‘Howlah Brisge [Calcutta]’

31 ‘Government House, Calcutta’

32 ‘Gov. House, Calcutta’

33 ‘Barrackpore’

34 ‘Botanical Gardens, Calcutta’

35 ‘The big Banian Merchant of Indian extraction. , Botanical Gardens, Calcutta’

36 ‘Burning Ghat, Calcutta’

37 ‘[Portrait of the three Leiter sisters] Daisy, Nancy and Mary [Curzon], Mashobra’

38 ‘[Portrait of] Captain Baker-Carr [and] Captain Marker [Mashobra]’

39 ‘[Portrait of] Captain Baker-Carr [and] Captain Adam’

40 ‘Capt B.Carr, Irene [and] Nou Nou [the French nanny]’

41 ‘The Retreat, Mashobra’

42 ‘Narkanda’

43 ‘Narkanda’

44 ‘March from Baghi to Narkanda’

45 ‘March from Baghi to Narkanda’

46 ‘Daisy [Leiter, Matiana]’

47 ‘MC [Matiana]’

48 ‘Near Narkanda’

49 ‘Beaters, [Narkanda]’

50 ‘Back view of Nancy’

51 ‘Delhi, Kutb’

52 Blurred snapshot at the Qutb complex, Delhi

53 ‘Cupola taken down from the top of the Kutb [Delhi]’

54 ‘Kutb [Delhi]’

55 ‘Mosque of Altamsh and Iron Pillar [Delhi]’

56 ‘Mosque of Altamsh and Iron Pillar [Delhi]’

57 ‘Gwalior’

58 ‘Maharaja Scindia [and] Viceroy. Viceroy's first tiger, Dec 1, 1899, [Gwalior]’

59 ‘Going to Tiger shoot, Gwalior’

60 ‘Begum of Bhopal's Elephant’

61 ‘Gwalior’

62 ‘Brindabun’

63 ‘[Group portrait at] Gwalior’

64 ‘Camp at Agra’

65 ‘Gwalior’

66 ‘HE [Lord Curzon] shooting at Gwalior’

67 ‘Bhopal’

68 ‘Bhopal’

69 ‘Bhopal, Sanchi Tope’

70 ‘Where we shot the tiger at Gwalior’

71 ‘Taj [Agra]’

72 ‘Agra’

73 ‘Tomb of Itmad-ud-dowlah [Agra]’

74 ‘Fatepur Sikri’

75 ‘Fatepur Sikri’

76 ‘Lucknow. Viceroy [and] Sir A. MacDonnell in the Residency’

77 ‘Lucknow. Viceroy [and] Mr Lawrence’

78 ‘Fatepur Sikri , Diving Well’

79 ‘Benares’

80 ‘Benares’

81 ‘Benares’

82 ‘Maharaja's State Barge, [Benares/Varanasi]’

83 ‘Benares’

84 ‘Benares’

85 ‘Benares’

86 ‘Benares’

87 ‘Benares’

88 ‘Benares’

89 ‘Pandal, landing stage & crowds at Gauhati, Assam’

90 ‘On the "Buzzard", Brahmaputra River’

91 ‘Fatehpur Sikri, Great Mosque’

92 ‘Diving Well [Fatehpur Sikri]’

93 Poor quality print with a view at Fatehpur Sikri superimposed on a view of the ghats at Varanasi

94 ‘Naga Warrior, Assam’

95 ‘Nagas & other hill tribes, Assam’

96 ‘Nagas & other hill tribes, Assam’

97 Hill tribes in Assam during Curzon's tour there in March 1900

98 A Buddhist monk and entourage, Assam

99 ‘Maharaja Scindia returning with Viceroy's first tiger, Gwalior, Dec 2, 1899. Col Crofts behind’

100 ‘Parque Palermo Laguna [Buenos Aires]’

Inscriptions

First fly leaf, in pencil: ‘Photo 430/75’

Spine, gold embossing: ‘India 1898–1906’

Spine, in white pen: ‘Photo 430/75’

Throughout the album captions, location and date are hand-written in black ink and pencil.

Extent and format
1 black full-leather, unpublished album (29 pages) containing 99 photographic prints pasted into volume (and one loose) with handwritten captions beneath
Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

Album: 280 x 386 x 40 mm

Format:

Black full-leather album containing ninety-nine prints, pasted onto card pages, one loose.

Materials:

Card, black ink, albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). , collodio-chloride and platinum prints.

Condition:

The binding is crumbling but most card pages, though buckling, scuffed, stained and foxed are in stable condition. Leather cover is heavily scuffed at all edges.

Many of the individual images are faded and some show signs of surface losses.

Foliation:

The images have been numbered 1–100 alongside each image in pencil.

Process:

Albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). , collodio-chloride and platinum prints

Binding:

The album is bound in black leather, featuring linen joints.

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Photograph

Archive information for this record

Access & Reference

Original held at
British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference
Photo 430/75

History of this record

Date(s)
1898-1900 (CE, Gregorian)

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Curzon Collection: Curzon's first year as Viceroy, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Photo 430/75, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023494134.0x000001> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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