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'Views of Western India'. Photographers: George Robert Ballingall, Johnson and Henderson,...
Catalogue reference: Photo 140
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This record is about the 'Views of Western India'. Photographers: George Robert Ballingall, Johnson and Henderson,... dating from 1850s-c 1872.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Photo 140
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'Views of Western India'. Photographers: George Robert Ballingall, Johnson and Henderson, Henry Hinton, Arthur A. Jacob, Allan Newton Scott, David Harold Day Sykes.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850s-c 1872
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Description (What the record is about)
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Green quarter-leather album, 365 x 348 mm, containing mounted prints with letterpress descriptions on reverse. The album title is stamped in gold on the spine. The prints were variously published between 1856-58 in Johnson and Henderson's Indian Amateur's Photographic Album and in 1872 in D. H. Sykes and Co's Photographic Album of Bombay Views: with letterpress descriptions. Both of these publications were isssued monthly and contained original prints with letterpress descriptions. Fourteen copies of the paper folders in which the prints were sold are bound in at the back of the album The album has now (2008) been rebound and the original wrappers bound as a separate volume. The prints depict topographical, architectural and ethnographical views mainly in and around Bombay but including views from other regions in India. The Indian Amateur's Photographic Album was published by William Johnson and William Henderson under the patronage of the Bombay Photographic Society (of which Johnson was a founding member and Secretary) and ran for a total of 36 issued between 1856 and 1858.
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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)
- 49 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)
- Provenance unknown.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Dimensions: 147 mm x 198 mm to 225 mm x 304 mm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/cb5b7003-ce36-45fb-859d-20388fdd4e90/
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'Views of Western India'. Photographers: George Robert Ballingall, Johnson and Henderson, Henry Hinton, Arthur A. Jacob, Allan Newton Scott, David Harold Day Sykes.