Lieut-Colonel Philip Bowen Janson Collection: Album of views in India. Photographer(s):...

Black full-leather album, 274x390mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions. An inscription on the front fixed endpaper reads: 'P.B. Janson, Quetta, August 1922. Photographs from September 22nd 1921-1927'. The photographs are mainly snapshot views and portraits at various military camps. Print 1 Group of Baluchis. Prints 2-21 Journey to India, Sept 1921, from Southampton to Karachi, via the Suez Canal. Prints 22-48 Snapshot portraits and views at Quetta, 1922. Prints 49-90 Company camp scenes, 1922, at Kuchlak, Nigundi and Pishin, including portraits, camp life and troops on the march. Prints 91-108 Quetta, including general views of cantonment and portraits of British army officers. Prints 109-128 Miscellaneous views and portraits, 1922-23, including camps at Nowshera and Attock Fort. Prints 129-196 Kashmir, 1922, including views of Kohala, Uri, Domel, Rampur and the following Srinagar sites: Dal Lake, Maharaja's Palace, Nishat Bagh, Shalimar Bagh, Hari Parbat, Takht-i-Suleiman and Mar Canal bridges. Prints 197-199 Rawalpindi station and bazaar. Prints 200-218 Nowshera, 1923-24, including the 4th Bn 4th Bombay Grenadiers (109th Infantry) on parade, portrait of British and Indian officers, views at Dargai, Chakdarra and camp at Lawrencepur. Prints 219-224 Poona, 1924, including portraits and view of the C.W.I. (Club of Western India?). Prints 225-267 Camps at Chakdarra, Rustum and Jalazai, 1924-25, including views and portraits. Prints 268-290 Nowshera, 1925, including military sports day, bungalows and picnic (with miscellaneous views at Attock, Taxila and Kashmir). Prints 291-295 Elephants at Naini Tal. Prints 296-356 Baltistan trip, 1925, including mountain scenery and camps. Prints 357-371 Waziristan, 1925, including views of Razmak, paddle steamer and portraits. Prints 372-382 Pachmarhi, 1926, including hunting scenes and portraits. Prints 383-423 Home leave, 1926, including views and portraits in England and France. Prints 424-431 Views and portraits at P & O House, Aden, 1926. Prints 432-441 Razani Camp, 1926, including acrobats entertaining troops. Prints 442-448 Damdil Camp, 1926. Prints 449-454 Battalion on the march from Damdil to Razmak, 1927. Print 455 View looking down on Damdil Camp. Prints 456-490 Razmak, 1927, including portrait of British and Indian officers of the 4Bn 4th Bombay Grenadiers (109th Infantry), camp scenes, military sports and visit of the C-in-C. Prints 491-503 Baroda, 1927, including views of the palace grounds, battalion sports and cantonment buildings.

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