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Addis Collection: Large photographs and other documents relating to the Addis family...
Catalogue reference: Photo 1360/11
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Photo 1360/11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Addis Collection: Large photographs and other documents relating to the Addis family in India and Burma
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Date (When the record was created)
- c 1808-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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Collection of 15 loose prints, some mounted on board, together with the various relating to the Addis family. The material can be broken down as follows:. 1. 11 loose prints, mounted on card, views in India and family groups. Subjects include: St Thome' College, Madras, c. 1870s; group portrait of the Addis family, c. 1880s; unidentified group, with Robert Addis; drawing room of an unidentified house; amateur theatrical group in costume; unidentified wedding group (S. H. Dagg Studio, Mussoorie); Robert Ellis in military uniform, on horseback (G. W. Lawrie studio); European group with servants in front of a bungalow; two views of York; unidentified house in England or Scotland. 2. 3 loose prints of the palace at Agra, 1900s. 3. 1 loose print (damaged), a copy of a painting of Darjeeling (1850s?). 4. Documents relating to the Addis family: Will of James Addis (written 1808); ship order for William Bawn Addis to travel to India (1827); covenant with the East India Company, for William Bawn Addis to reside as a missionary at Quilon (1827); service history with Indian Railways of Henry Bawn Addis (1856-1895); Addis family register (xerox copy); baptism certificate of Avenel William Cragg Addis (1864); baptism certificate of Robert Bawn Addis (1875); letter of appointment of Robert Bawn Addis to Indian Public Works Department (1896); baptism certificate of Irlam Bawn Addis (1904); invitation card of Robert Bawn Addis to the Delhi Durbar (1911); O.B.E. certificate of Frederic Henry Addis (1919); death certificate of Irlam Bawn Addis (1977).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 15 photographs, and papers.
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Unrestricted. Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Given by Sonia and John Addis Smith, June 2005
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For a full listing of individual photographs in the whole collection, and background information on the history of the Addis family in India, see An introduction to the Addis of India Archive, prepared by Sonia and John Addis-Smith, and filed with Photo 1360/10.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/390c45aa-4d8c-41c8-98fc-76f9ae8a75f8/
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Addis Collection: Photographs and documents relating to the family, antecedents and...
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Addis Collection: Large photographs and other documents relating to the Addis family in India and Burma