Calcutta photograph album : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India.

India--Description and travel.

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

India--Photographs.

Genre:

photograph albums.

travel photography.

Photographs.

Manuscripts, English -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Blind Horse Books (DeLand, Florida), 2020.

Physical Description:

1 volume (38 leaves) ; 17 x 14 cm

Production:

Calcutta, India, 1910-1911.

Summary:

This photograph album contains 28 black and white photographs taken in Calcutta, India in 1910 and 1911 by an unidentified photographer. The photographs largely show British landmarks, architecture, and landscapes. There are limited photographs of people. Named landmarks include Red Road (p. 3v), Colonel Kyd Monument at the Botanical Gardens (p. 4v), the Bayan tree at the Botanical Gardens (p. 5v), Eden Gardens (p. 6v, 8v, 9v), Lord Roberts monument (p. 14v), Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co. (p. 15v), Outram monument (p. 18v), Kidderspore docks (p. 20v, 21v), Jain Temple (p. 22v, 24v), and the Zoological Gardens (p. 29v).The photographer and creator of this album are unknown and the only identified individual in the photographs is an “A. Sullivan” (p. 11v).

Cited as:

Calcutta Photograph Album (Ms. Codex 2247). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1498263999