This PDF was generated on 20/12/2016 from online … · 5) The Maidan & Government House, Calcutta...
27
This PDF was generated on 20/12/2016 from online resources as part of the Qatar Digital Library's digital archive. The online record contains extra information, high resolution zoomable views and transcriptions. It can be viewed at: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023281998.0x000001 Reference Photo 355/1 Title 'Dunlop Smith Collection: Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India and Burma' Date(s) 1860s-1880s (CE, Gregorian) Written in English in Latin Extent and Format 232 b&w; photographic prints, other printed material and 4 watercolour drawings, bound into a green and brown half leather album Holding Institution British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers Copyright for document Public Domain About this record Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains landscape and architectural views of locations in India, the Persian Gulf, Burma, Florence, China (Yarkand in the latter-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Zanzibar, the Andaman Islands, Balochistan, Scotland as well as group and individual portraits of indigenous groups, colonial administrators and families of colonial administrators. A number of non-photographic elements are also to be found in the album, including four ink and watercolour drawings, and several printed images. The prints are lightly mounted on the page, the majority captioned. They date from the 1860s‒1890s. The album forms part of the collection of Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith (1858‒1921), a British official in the Indian Army, but there are strong indications that it was compiled by Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison (1832‒96), Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma (1878‒80) and, later Lieutenant Governor of Punjab (1882‒87), whose daughter Beatrice Clementina married Dunlop Smith. Elements: 1) High Court Calcutta 2) The Strand Calcutta 3) Lall Dighi & Post Office, Calcutta 4) Eden Gardens Calcutta Cover page
Transcript of This PDF was generated on 20/12/2016 from online … · 5) The Maidan & Government House, Calcutta...
This PDF was generated on 20/12/2016 from online resources as part of theQatar Digital Library's digital archive.
The online record contains extra information, high resolution zoomable views andtranscriptions. It can be viewed at:
http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023281998.0x000001
Reference Photo 355/1
Title 'Dunlop Smith Collection: Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India andBurma'
Date(s) 1860s-1880s (CE, Gregorian)
Written in English in Latin
Extent and Format 232 b&w; photographic prints, other printed material and 4 watercolour drawings,bound into a green and brown half leather album
Holding Institution British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
Copyright for document Public Domain
About this record
Genre/Subject Matter:
The album contains landscape and architectural views of locations in India, the Persian Gulf, Burma, Florence,China (Yarkand in the latter-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Zanzibar, the Andaman Islands,Balochistan, Scotland as well as group and individual portraits of indigenous groups, colonial administratorsand families of colonial administrators. A number of non-photographic elements are also to be found in thealbum, including four ink and watercolour drawings, and several printed images. The prints are lightly mountedon the page, the majority captioned. They date from the 1860s‒1890s.
The album forms part of the collection of Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith (1858‒1921), a British official in theIndian Army, but there are strong indications that it was compiled by Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison(1832‒96), Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma (1878‒80) and, later Lieutenant Governor ofPunjab (1882‒87), whose daughter Beatrice Clementina married Dunlop Smith.
Elements:
1) High Court Calcutta
2) The Strand Calcutta
3) Lall Dighi & Post Office, Calcutta
4) Eden Gardens Calcutta
Cover page
5) The Maidan & Government House, Calcutta
6) United Service Club, Calcutta
7) The Outram Statue, Calcutta
8) The Cathedral Calcutta
9) The Post Office, Calcutta
10) Lall Dighi & Post Office, Calcutta
11) Looshais ‒ Captn Lewin
12) Looshais
13) Raja of Sikkim and suite ‒ Lt: Govr. of Bengal and suite [Darjeeling] Sir George Campbell
14) Lt: Govr. of Bengal and suite with Raja of Sikkim and followers [Darjeeling] Sir George Campbell
15) Lord Mayor's Tomb
16) The Mall, Simla, in Winter. Below Gorton Castle.
17) Kennedy Lodge, Simla
18) Military Department Office, Simla
19) Simla from Jakko
20) Road round Jakko, Simla
21) Government House, Simla
22) Government House, Murree
23) Foreign Office, Simla, 1870.
24) Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti,] Futtehpore Seekree
25) [Panch Mahal,] Futtehpore Seekree
26) The Taj, Agra
27) Itmad-ud-Dowla's Tomb, Agra
28) The Baillie Guard, Lucknow
29) Hosseinabad, Lucknow
30) Installation of Maharana of Oodeypoor with Star of India With Political Agent J P Nixon, 1871
31) [Installation of Maharana of Oodeypoor with Star of India.]
32) Entrance to Jeypor
33) Entrance to Jeypor
34) Entrance to Bushire Residency
Cover page
35) Bushire Resident's Country House
36) Bushire, sea-side view
37) Governor's House, Bushire
38) Bahrein
39) Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein
40) Ruffar Fort, Bahrein
41) Telegraph Station, Jask
42) Sultan's Palace, Muscat
43) Muscat Consulate & Agency
44) Town of Muscat from inland plain
45) Fort Capitano, Muscat
46) Fort Jellalee, Muscat
47) Muscat Cove
48) Minaret in Ormuz
49) Bassidore Station
50) [Viceroy and Council, (?) Simla.] Mr. E. Clive Bayley, Secretary, Home Department; Colonel C. H. Dickens,Secretary, War Department; Colonel W. H. Norman, Secretary, Military Department; Sir W. H. Muir, Secretary,Foreign Department; Mr. Whitley Stokes, Secretary, Legislative Department; Mr. E. H. Lushington, Secretary,Finance Department; Hon'ble Mr. W. N. Massey, Hon. Mem., Finance Dept.; Hon'ble Mr. G. Noble Taylor, Hon.Mem., Public Works Dept.; Hon'ble Sir W. Mansfield, Commander-in Chief; H. E. Sir J. L. M. Lawrence, Viceroy;Hon'ble Sir H. S. Maine, Hon. Mem., Legislative Dept.; Hon'ble Sir W. Grey, Hon. Mem., Home Dept.; Hon'bleColonel H. M. Durand, Hon. Mem., Military Dept.
51) Lord Northbrook & suite with Maharaja of Puttiala ‒ 1875
52) [Newspaper cutting with caricature of Sir Richard Temple]
53) Burra Dick on The Great Tribulation! See Vanity Fair ‒ Jany. 1881
54) Chief of Western Karennee & his Wife [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper
55) Red Karen, Mounted [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper
56) Red Karen Woman [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper
57) Bald-headed Karens [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper
58) Sambhur Lake. Extraction of Salt from Bed of Lake
59) Measuring Labourers' Work and Storing Salt [Sambhar Lake]
60) Filling Salt into Bags and Weighing the Salt [Sambhar Lake]
61) A Katar or String of Camels taking away the Salt.
62) [Courtyard of Museum in Florence, with statuary arranged in colonnade.]
Cover page
63) [View of Florence, looking across the Arno towards the Duomo.]
64) Investiture of Maharana of Oudeypour as a G.C.S.I.
65) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.
66) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.
67) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.
68) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.
69) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.
70) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.
71) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.
72) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.
73) The Hooghly above Calcutta
74) The Hooghly above Calcutta
75) [Apollo Bunder Pier, Bombay. Incorrectly captioned:] Railway Jetty, Howrah, Calcutta.
76) Interior of the Union Church, Simla.
77) Thakoor Mawjee Bathee ‒ Oudeypoor.
78) [Portrait of an unidentified European woman.]
79) Haileybury civilians at Simla in 1880
80) The Chumba Durbar Accession of Raja Sham Singh 1873
81) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ After rain. Dhul Canal, Cashmere
82) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ Camp. Srinuggur.
83) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ Camp. Tara Sing, Monshee, etc. [Srinagar].
84) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ View at Srinuggur
85) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ Camp View
86) Yarkund Mission, 1873. Fair ones of Ladak!
87) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Indus Valley, Leh.
88) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Palace and Monastery, Leh.
89) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ View in Bazar, Leh.
90) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ View in Bazar, Leh.
91) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Group at Leh.
92) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Raja of Ladak and Ranees [Leh].
Cover page
93) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Nubra Valley from Panamik. Boodhist Chortuns in the foreground.
94) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ The gods of the Boodhists [Panamik].
95) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Hot breakfast in Sasser Pass! Elevation 17,000 ft.
96) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Kirgiz Akoe. Our smoking Divan [Xaidulla].
97) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Group at Kurgallik.
98) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Yoozbashees. Attendants.
99) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Medical influence [Yarkand].
100) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Street hawkers, Yarkund.
101) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Dastarkhwan [Kargilik].
102) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Artillery of the Guard [Yarkand].
103) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Verandah of Audience Hall, Yarkund.
104) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Akhoe [tent] extraordinary.
105) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Letter and presents from the Queen of England to the Ameer of Yarkund.
106) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Presents to the Ameer [of Kashgar].
107) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Oves Poli [Kashgar].
108) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Chinese [sic for Tungani] troops [Kashgar].
109) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Chinese [sic for Tungani] troops [Kashgar].
110) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Oves Poli [Kashgar]
111) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Party leaving [Kashgar] for Cabool [Kabul].
112) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Andijani merchants [Kashgar].
113) [Lama Yuru, Ladak. Buddhist Monastery and Chortens.]
114) Hon’ble Terence Bourke 1872.
115) The Pseudo Nana Sahib as apprehended ‒ 1874
116) The Pseudo Nana Sahib shaved & in Mahratta dress.
117) Thugs.
118) Thugs.
119) Foreign Office. Simla 1875.
120) Zanzibar 1875
121) Clement Park, Lochee [Dundee].
122) Foreign Office. Simla
123) Sketch of the Gateway at Tank [Tonk] in the Punjab. The scene of the fatal accident to Sir H. M. Durand,
Cover page
K.C.S.I., &c. &c.
124) Port Blair, Andaman Islands. The scene of the assassination of the Viceroy of India.
125) View of the Jetty at Hope Town, Port Blair, the Scene of the Assassination of the Viceroy of India.
126) Port Blair from Ross Island [Andaman Islands]
127) Port Blair from Ross Island [Andaman Islands]
128) Viceroy of India & Council. Simla, 1874
129) Secretaries to Govt. of India. Simla 1874
130) Clement Park, Lochee [Dundee]
131) Wedding Party. Simla 1875.
132) [Major Sandeman & Belooch chiefs.]
133) Major Sandeman & Belooch chiefs.
134) Belooch chiefs.
135) Pressing Mill. Cossipore [Calcutta]
136) Cossipore [Calcutta]
137) House at Cossipore [Calcutta].
138) [House at Cossipore, Calcutta.]
139) Group at Cossipore [Calcutta].
140) [Group at Cossipore, Calcutta.]
141) Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]
142) Cardean House, Meigle [Scotland].
143) Cardean House, Meigle [Scotland].
144) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]
145) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]
146) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]
147) View at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]
148) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]
149) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]
150) Chief Commissioner's House, Rangoon.
151) New Government House, Rangoon.
152) [Chief Commissioner's House, Rangoon.]
153) Chief Commissioner's House, Rangoon.
Cover page
154) 'Irrawaddy', Chief Comr's River Steamer [Burma].
155) [Views of the Town Church, Rangoon.]
156) Views of the Town Church, Rangoon.
157) St. John's College, Rangoon.
158) District Courts & Public Offices, Rangoon.
159) [View of Merchant Street, Rangoon.]
160) View of Merchant Street, Rangoon.
161) Recorder's Court, Rangoon.
162) [Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]
163) Pagodas at Rangoon [Shwe Dagon Pagoda].
164) Public Gardens, Rangoon.
165) Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon.
166) Royal Lakes, Rangoon.
167) Public Gardens, Rangoon.
168) Approach to the Great Pagoda, Rangoon.
169) Fancy Costumes. Rangoon, 1879.
170) [Rangoon Groups]
171) Rangoon Groups.
172) Pilcher's House. Thayetmyo.
173) Prome.
174) The Great Pagoda, Prome.
175) Entrance to Great Pagoda, Prome.
176) [Group of Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Chief Commissioner of Burma, with Photographic Department of StPeter's Institute, (?Rangoon.]
177) Bassein River with Chief Comr's steamer 'Irrawaddy'.
178) Entrance to the Pagoda at Bassein.
179) Entrance to the Pagoda at Bassein.
180) [Elephant Battery, Tonghoo.]
181) [Elephant Battery, Tonghoo.]
182) Elephant Battery, Tonghoo.
183) [Views at Tonghoo.]
Cover page
184) [Views at Tonghoo.]
185) Views at Tonghoo.
186) Ancient image of Gaudama, Zaing-ga-naing.
187) Interior of caves at Paghat [Kawgun Cave].
188) Alguada Reef Lighthouse.
189) Kyaik-than-lan or Than-lan Pagoda, Moulmein.
190) View on the Salween. Duke of York's Nose.
191) Group at Tharrawaddy, British Burma
192) Court House at Tharrawaddy.
193) Boodhist Monastery at Rangoon.
194) Boodhist Monastery [Burma]
195) [Burmese pagoda]
196) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma]
197) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma].
198) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma].
199) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma].
200) A Karen Village [Burma]
201) Queen of Eastern Karennee [Burma].
202) A group of Shans [Burma].
203) A Boodhist Priest [Burma].
204) A Boodhist Priest [Burma].
205) Burmese women selling fruit
206) Burmese women
207) Burmese men.
208) Karen women
209) Burmese woman
210) Punjab Officers [at Simla]. 1884.
211) The Punjab Government, [Barnes Court, Simla,] 1882.
212) [Aitchison family group, Barnes Court, Simla.]
213) Barnes Court, Simla. 1882.
Cover page
214) [Burmese Embassy at Simla]
215) [Letterpress key to sitters in Photo 355/1/214]
216) [Burmese Embassy at Simla]
217) Dancing women of the Choráha — Hills between Chamba and Pangi.
218) Women of the Choráha
219) Men of Pangi Valley
220) Men of Chamba-Láhul
221) Gaddi Band.
222) Gaddis of Barinaur
223) Senate Hall. Lahore.
224) Government College. Lahore.
225) The Mosque of Wazir Khan, Lahore. Fresco decoration, of the Interior XVII century work. From a drawing byMohamed Din, Allah-ud-din and Amir Baksh, students of the Lahore School of Art.
226) Missionary Conference, Amritsar, 1883.
227) [Unidentified group, India]
228) [Group of Viceroy and Lady Ripon and staff, Simla, 1884]
229) [Barnes Court, Simla]
230) [Barnes Court, Simla]
231 [Unidentified Church, (?)India]
232) [Group of Sir Charles Aitchison and staff, Multan, Feb. 1884. Names given at Photo 355/2/19]
[The following are loose photographs:]
233) Group of two natives of Hunza and two from Nagyr in hostile attitude, a native of Agasin being theumpire. They all speak the same language and belong to the same race, but Hunza and Nagyr are hereditary foes,only combining against a foreign enemy. A river divides the countries of Hunza and Nagyr, a Hunza fort beingever confronted with one of Nagyr on the opposite bank.
234) Group of Nagyries now at Srinagar. On the right seated in a chair is Raja Habibulla, son of the rulingTham of Nagyr. On the ground is a Nagyr Sayad of good position and some Education in Arabic & Persian. Heis one of the bi-ennial hostages sent from Nagyr to Kashmir.
235) Group of Chitrali players who generally precede a procession of the Chief. In the midst is Taighum Shah,a Court singer and player of reputation. The Chitrali melodies are singularly beautiful and the poetry showsmuch appreciation of nature.
236) Christ Church Simla, in snow.
Inscriptions:
Spine, gold emboss: ‘Album’
Throughout the album captions are hand-lettered in black ink. Further notations in pencil have been added
Cover page
later by cataloguers and album owner alike.
Cover page
'Entrance to Bushire Residency' [19r-a] (1/1)
1Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000002
'Bushire Resident's Country House' [19r-b] (1/1)
2Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000003
'Bushire sea-side view.' [19r-c] (1/1)
3Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000004
'Governor's House Bushire' [20r-a] (1/1)
4Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000005
'Bahrein' [20r-b] (1/1)
5Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000006
'Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein' [20r-c] (1/1)
6Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000007
'Ruffar Fort, Bahrein' [21r-a] (1/1)
7Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000008
'Telegraph Station, Jask' [21r-b] (1/1)
8Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000009
'Sultan's Palace, Muscat' [22r-a] (1/1)
9Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x00000a
'Muscat Consulate & Agency' [22r-b] (1/1)
10Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x00000b
'Town of Muscat from inland plain.' [23r-a] (1/1)
11Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x00000c
'Fort Capitano, Muscat' [23r-b] (1/1)
12Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x00000d
'Fort Jellalee, Muscat' [24r-a] (1/1)
13Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x00000e
'Muscat Cove' [24r-b] (1/1)
14Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x00000f
'Minaret in Ormuz' [25r-a] (1/1)
15Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000010
'Bassidore Station' [25r-b] (1/1)
16Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000011
'Zanzibar'. Photographer: Sir John Kirk [55r] (1/1)
17Reference: Photo 355/1. Copyright for this page: Public Domain
View on the Qatar Digital Library: http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023617660.0x000012
