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Major-General George Crawford Hogg Collection: Album of miscellaneous views and portraits...
Catalogue reference: Photo 806/1
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Photo 806/1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Major-General George Crawford Hogg Collection: Album of miscellaneous views and portraits in India. Photographer(s): Hogg, George Crawford.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890s
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Description (What the record is about)
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Maroon half-leather album, measuring 322 x 442 mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions. The photographs are of amateur quality, probably by Hogg, and include social life scenes, cantonment and hill station views, and miscellaneous topographical views at Disa, Rajkot, Abu, Girnar, Pune, Mahabaleshwar, Wai, Nagar (Shimoga?), Kundapura?, Loni?, Sirur, Lucknow, Delhi, Roorkee, Kanpur, Gwalior, Ahar, Lashkar, Pushkar, Ali Masjid, Landi Khana, Jamrud and Landi Kotal. Collection of Major-General George Crawford Hogg (1842-1941), who entered the Bombay Cavalry in 1858 and served in the Second Afghan War 1878-80; he was Quartermaster General, Bombay 1891-95 and commanded the Deesa District 1895-1900; transferred to unemployed supernumerary list 1904.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Language (The language of the record)
- Not applicable
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 80 items
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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)
- Gift, 1988: Presented by Mrs Claudine J. Singer, February 1988. Complete collection comprises Photo 308/1-8.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Dimensions: 81 mm x 116 mm to 227 mm x 292 mm.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/72b2835d-1264-47b7-ab45-0ee649098fbf/
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Major-General George Crawford Hogg Collection: Album of miscellaneous views and portraits in India. Photographer(s): Hogg, George Crawford.