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Album of snapshots of the Prince and Princess of Wales' Tour of India and Burma 1905-06.

Catalogue reference: Photo 814

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Reference
Photo 814
Title
Album of snapshots of the Prince and Princess of Wales' Tour of India and Burma 1905-06.
Date
1905-1906
Description

Red half-leather album, 317x440mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions. A title stamped in gold on the front cover reads: 'M.T. Indian Tour 1905-1906'. From the photographs it would appear that 'M.T.' was a young woman in the royal household during the Prince of Wales' tour of India. The photographs are, on the whole, amateur snapshots of variable quality with some additional commercially produced prints. The subjects include views and portraits taken during the 1905-06 tour of India and Burma by the Prince and Princess of Wales and more general architectural views. Locations include Bombay, Indore, Jaipur, Bikaner, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Jammu, Amritsar, Lucknow, Gwalior, Calcutta, Barakpur, Rangoon, Mandalay, Madras, Mysore, Hyderabad, Varanasi, Kanpur, Delhi, Agra, Lahore, Attock, Dehra Dun, Mussoorie, Hardwar, Quetta, Chaman, Karachi, Cairo, Port Said, Corfu, Athens, Gibraltar and Portsmouth. Process = Collodio-chloride prints(?). Photographers = Unknown.,;.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Language
Not applicable
Physical description
117 items
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Immediate source of acquisition
Presented by Miss D. Flynn, 1988.
Physical condition
Dimensions: 70 mm x 70 mm to 270 mm x 193 mm.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/192db4d7-1042-4645-aa13-74c61b2d247e/

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Album of snapshots of the Prince and Princess of Wales' Tour of India and Burma 1905-06.