Research Catalog

Albums of photographs of India and Ceylon

Title
Albums of photographs of India and Ceylon [graphic].
Publication
187-?-189-?

Details

Additional Authors
  • Rust.
  • Sache.
  • Scowen, C. (Charles)
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
  • Beggars > India
  • Birds > India
  • Chinese > Malaysia
  • Clubhouses > India
  • Dancers > India
  • Elephants > India
  • Fakirs
  • Forts & fortifications > India
  • Gardens > India
  • Gates > India
  • Ghats
  • Mints > India
  • Monkeys > India
  • Mosques > India
  • Musicians > India
  • Official residences > India
  • Pagodas > India
  • Peddlers > India
  • Post offices > India
  • Refuse disposal > India
  • Rivers > India
  • Ships
  • Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
  • Snake charming > India
  • Street cleaning > India
  • Streets > India > Calcutta
  • Tamil (Indic people)
  • Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
  • Temples > India
  • Transportation > India
  • Waterfronts > India
  • Weepers (Mourners)
  • Women > Clothing and dress > India
  • Hugli River (India)
  • Kolkata (India)
  • Delhi (India)
  • Malaysia
  • Singapore
  • Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)
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)
  • Restricted access;
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
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