- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 albums (107 photographic prints) : albumen, b&w; 22 x 28 cm. or smaller in album approx. 36 x 46 cm.
- Summary
- Views of India: Agra: the fort; Taj Mahal, including the gate into the gardens, a view from the gate, from the gardens, from river, and including the mosque next to the Taj Mahal; Benares: fakirs; pilgrim lodging houses; state elephant of the Maharaja of Benares; the Monkey Temple; Bombay: Rampart Row with fountain from High School; harbor from Apollo Bunder, H.M. Mint; Kalbadevie Road in Parsee quarter; Calcutta: the Maidan; Chowringhee; ships in the Hooghly River; boats, and buildings along the river; shipping at Garden Reach; bathing ghat; burning ghat; exhibition buildings, some under construction; Viceroy's palace; main street showing English businesses; club buildings; Post Office; pagoda in Eden gardens; people in Calcutta, including woman of "sweeper caste" and children, sweeper girl wearing jewelry, street sprinklers, a draught bull, European man in a bancy carried by four men, steet peddlers, men selling shoes and using sewing machine, selling brass items, fruit, pillows; Dehli: monolith outside Dehli; Cawnpore Gate, Dehli Gate; Clock tower; Great Mosque, Pearl Mosque; Audience Hall of the King of Dehli.
- Views in unidentified Indian locations: carrion birds and offal train from Calcutta; man with performing goats and monkeys, dancing bears, Nautch dancers and musicians, one view showing ornate jewelry; snake charmers and mongoose, devil dancers, fakir man and woman, beggars in small carts pulled by bullocks, people in front of thatched hut, village scenes, canal and boat, portrait of 3 women who are professional mourners; European men being carried on the backs of "saddle men"; views in Ceylon: portraits identified by ethnic origin: Singhalese, including one identified as "Kandian Chief," Tamils; Malay; Chinese coolies; other identified only as "native types" or native types in Ceylon. View of the entrance to gardens in Singapore.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Albums.
- Portraits.
- Albumen prints.
- Photographic prints.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- All captioned on mount below print. Some have photographer's name, are captioned or are numbered in negative.
- Albums numbered on cover. Leaves in volume I are numbered 1f-46f. Leaves in volume II are numbered 1-41.
- Photographers include Rust (Benares), Sache (Agra) and Scowen (Ceylon).
- Access (note)
- Provenance (note)
- Children's Room transfer, 1982.
- Call Number
- MFY+ 93-6330
- OCLC
- NYPG93-F289
- Title
Albums of photographs of India and Ceylon [graphic].
- Imprint
187-?-189-?
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
- Provenance
Children's Room transfer, 1982.
- Added Author
Rust. Photographer
Sache. Photographer
Scowen, C. (Charles) Photographer
- Research Call Number
MFY+ 93-6330