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Call Number:

PH-00315

Collection Name:

Marlborough Gems. Proofs. [Volume I]

Creator:

Baker & Burke

Baker, W.

Burke, John (1844? - 1900)

Deen Dayal, Raja, 1844-1905 (1844 - 1905)

F. Skeen & Co.

Hue, F. C.

unidentified photographer

No. of Items:

85 photographs in 1 bound album

Span Dates:

1880s; 1903

Description:

Photographic album, bound in green leather, titled Marlborough Gems. Proofs. [Volume I]. The first page of the album is inscribed “F. C. Hue.” The album contains 85 photographs (78 albumen prints, 7 gelatin silver printing-out-paper prints) by various photographers that include: Orr & Barton of Bangalore (3), Baker & Burke (3), John Burke (2), W. Baker (1), Lala Deen Dayal (1), and Skeen & Co. (1). The photographs, which date to the 1880s, are views of architecture, monuments, rock cut temples, and daily life in various locales in India including: Agra (14), Delhi (12), Calcutta (6), Chamba (6), and Benares (a.k.a., Varanasi) (5). Laid into the album is Hue’s two-page handwritten inventory of all images in the album. Also laid into the album is a newspaper clipping from a 1903 edition of The Daily Telegraph (London, England) describing the author’s five-day excursion through India.

Accession No(s):

964:1025:0001-0085; Gernsheim Collection. Inscribed: F. C. Hue.

Location(s):

f TR 655.11 H834 HRC-P (964:1025:0001-0085)
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See Also:

Marlborough Gems. Proofs. [Volume II] (f TR 655.11 H835 HRC-P)