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Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Snapshots 1. 1905-1914'.
Catalogue reference: Photo 1/12
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Photo 1/12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Snapshots 1. 1905-1914'.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1905-1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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Brown, half-leather album with stitched cloth cover, 200 x 250 mm, containing 187 mounted prints and 2 loose prints. Prints are captioned and dated in Wilberforce-Bell's hand. The front cover has a white label with the handwritten title. The front free endpaper contains Wilberforce-Bell's bookplate. The majority of photographs are snapshots of family, friends and army colleagues taken in England, India and Aden. Topographical views in Purundhar (1907) and Aden (1908-09) including a good panorama of the town (Prints 98-99). Some snapshots taken at the Delhi Durbar, 1911. Military photographs include Indian officers with the colours of the 113th Infantry (Prints 42-43) and a portrait of a mutiny veteran taken at Kolhapur, 1911 (Print 85). Architectural views include the Residency at Kolhapur (Print 71) and the Agency at Jetalsar (Print 157).
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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)
- 187 items.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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: 50 mm x 54 mm to 144 mm x 209 mm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e2d1f588-cc52-43e5-8942-1f9a6a036561/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: Photo
British Library Photo Collection
Within the sub-fonds: Photo 1
Wilberforce-Bell Collection: synopsis. Photographer(s): Herzog and Higgins.
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Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Snapshots 1. 1905-1914'.