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Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Album presented to Lt. Col. H. Wilberforce-Bell...by...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Photo 1/2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Album presented to Lt. Col. H. Wilberforce-Bell...by the ruler of Bhor when the Agent came to Bhor to open the Laxmibai Bridge over the River Nira...on the 20th June 1933, after the transfer of the Deccan States...' Photographer(s): Unknown.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1933
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Description (What the record is about)
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Leather bound album, measuring 325 x 405 mm, contained in a blue box. Both the box lid and the album cover carry the coat of arms of the ruler of Bhor, inscribed with motto, 'In him I trust, Raghunathrao S....Chief of Bhor'. Title and coat of arms are in gold lettering. The inside front cover contains Wilberforce-Bell's bookplate and a label reading, 'Bound at the Caxton Works, Bombay'. Photographs are mounted with letterpress captions and interleaved with tissue. Album has now been re-boxed. Original buckram cover of box removed and retained.
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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)
- 24 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)
- Presented by the executors of Sir Harold Wilberforce-Bell, October 1965, via Messrs Parker, Marsh, Charlton and Eastham.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Dimensions: 210 mm x 296 mm to 290 mm x 239 mm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7c72a4ca-c60b-4cac-9d04-70033f52155a/
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This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Wilberforce-Bell Collection: synopsis. Photographer(s): Herzog and Higgins.
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Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Album presented to Lt. Col. H. Wilberforce-Bell...by the ruler of Bhor when the Agent came to Bhor to open the Laxmibai Bridge over the River Nira...on the 20th June 1933, after the transfer of the Deccan States...' Photographer(s): Unknown.