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Bailey Collection: Album of Indian and European views compiled by Frederick Bailey.
Catalogue reference: Photo 1083/3
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This record is a file about the Bailey Collection: Album of Indian and European views compiled by Frederick Bailey. dating from 1860s-1900s.
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- Photo 1083/3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Bailey Collection: Album of Indian and European views compiled by Frederick Bailey.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1860s-1900s
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Description (What the record is about)
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Full diced-leather bound album (boards loose) measuring 320x260mm, containing prints laid down, the majority with pencilled captions beneath. The material relates to the Indian career of Colonel Frederick Bailey, father of Frederick Marshman Bailey, and can be roughly broken down into the following categories:. Prints 1-9 Views of Simla by Samuel Bourne, 1860s. Print 10 Royal Engineers officers, Delhi, 1870s. Prints 11-28 Views at Dehra Dun, where Bailey was employed in the Forest Service, 1880s. Prints 29-34 Hunting and fishing trip to Raiwala, 1880s. Prints 35-38 Mussoorie and Chakrata, 1880s. Prints 39-42 Deoban, 1880s. Prints 43-78 European and miscellaneous views: Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, 1880s-90s. Prints 79-88 Loose duplicates of Indian material in album. Process = Albumen prints. Photographers = Samuel Bourne, W. Caney and others;.
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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)
- 89 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)
- Collection originally placed on permanent loan by Mrs Irma Bailey, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Bailey, and bequeathed to India Office Library and Records on her death in 1988.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ccdb7107-fc90-4f6a-ba26-fa3305b1f679/
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Bailey Collection: Album of Indian and European views compiled by Frederick Bailey.