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Photographs from pictures of the East India Company's Settlements. Photographer(s):...

Catalogue reference: Photo 176

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Reference
Photo 176
Title
Photographs from pictures of the East India Company's Settlements. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Date
c 1909
Description

Loose prints on card mounts. The collection consists of a series of photographic copies of oil paintings by Lambert and Scott made in 1731 of East India Company settlements at Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Tellichery, Cape of Good Hope and St Helena. The prints show some fading and yellowing and are not suitable for reproduction as copies. The original paintings remain in the India Office Library collection (see Mildred Archer, The India Office Collection of Paintings and Sculpture (The British Library, London, 1986)).

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Language
Not applicable
Physical description
6 items
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Immediate source of acquisition
23 November 1909.
Physical condition
Dimensions: 170 mm x 280 mm to 194 mm x 289 mm.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8f496d0a-bbdc-498e-a162-51c0326db2fa/

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Photographs from pictures of the East India Company's Settlements. Photographer(s): Unknown.