Curzon Collection: Curzon's first year as Viceroy

Title:

Curzon Collection: Curzon's first year as Viceroy

Date:

1898/1900

Description:

Genre/Subject Matter:The album contains informal snapshots and work by professional photographers, showing views of various interiors, viceregal functions and events, together with landscape views of: Bombay, Lucknow, Calcutta, Barakpur, Mashobra, Bhopal, Benares, Narkanda, Delhi, Gwalior, Brindaban, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Bhopal, Benares (Varanasi) and Assam. Group portraits of Naga and other hill tribes complete the album. A final, loose print is a view in Buenos Aires: it is unclear how this image is related to the rest of the album.Elements:1 ‘Launch nearing the landing steps [Bombay]’2 ‘Crowd waiting at Bundar [Bombay]’3 ‘Going up the steps [Bombay]’4 ‘G. and M. V. C. on steps [Bombay]’5 ‘Procession in Bombay on day of arrival, barouche just leaving Bundar’6 ‘Being carried to the launch from the Residency, Aden’7 ‘Government House, Bombay, Jan 1, 1899.’8 Marble Hall in Government House, Calcutta9 Interior of Government House, Calcutta10 Marble Hall in Government House, Calcutta11 Drawing Room in Government House, Calcutta12 Council Room in Government House, Calcutta13 ‘Baillie Guard Gate, Lucknow’14 ‘Last jump in the paper chase, [Simla]’15 ‘The finish, paper chase, [Simla]’16 ‘Paper chase, [Simla]. Breakfast given by staff in tent. Victoria & body guard waiting.’17 ‘Xmas, Aden’18 ‘Irene on board Arabia’19 ‘Irene’20 Informal group portrait with the Curzons21 [Portrait of] Lord & Lady Lonsdale, Mr Meade [and a dog], Fluck22 ‘Fair at Sipi’23 ‘Fair at Sipi’24 ‘Staff luncheon at Annandale’25 ‘Black Heart luncheon at Annandale before the Horse Show, [Simla]’26 Viceregal group at Simla27 ‘My friend the Prince’28 ‘[Portrait of] Capt Adam [and] Capt Baker-Carr’29 Irene & her admirers, [Simla].30 ‘Howlah Brisge [Calcutta]’31 ‘Government House, Calcutta’32 ‘Gov. House, Calcutta’33 ‘Barrackpore’34 ‘Botanical Gardens, Calcutta’35 ‘The big Banian, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta’36 ‘Burning Ghat, Calcutta’37 ‘[Portrait of the three Leiter sisters] Daisy, Nancy and Mary [Curzon], Mashobra’38 ‘[Portrait of] Captain Baker-Carr [and] Captain Marker [Mashobra]’39 ‘[Portrait of] Captain Baker-Carr [and] Captain Adam’40 ‘Capt B.Carr, Irene [and] Nou Nou [the French nanny]’41 ‘The Retreat, Mashobra’42 ‘Narkanda’43 ‘Narkanda’44 ‘March from Baghi to Narkanda’45 ‘March from Baghi to Narkanda’46 ‘Daisy [Leiter, Matiana]’47 ‘MC [Matiana]’48 ‘Near Narkanda’49 ‘Beaters, [Narkanda]’50 ‘Back view of Nancy’51 ‘Delhi, Kutb’52 Blurred snapshot at the Qutb complex, Delhi53 ‘Cupola taken down from the top of the Kutb [Delhi]’54 ‘Kutb [Delhi]’55 ‘Mosque of Altamsh and Iron Pillar [Delhi]’56 ‘Mosque of Altamsh and Iron Pillar [Delhi]’57 ‘Gwalior’58 ‘Maharaja Scindia [and] Viceroy. Viceroy's first tiger, Dec 1, 1899, [Gwalior]’59 ‘Going to Tiger shoot, Gwalior’60 ‘Begum of Bhopal's Elephant’61 ‘Gwalior’62 ‘Brindabun’63 ‘[Group portrait at] Gwalior’64 ‘Camp at Agra’65 ‘Gwalior’66 ‘HE [Lord Curzon] shooting at Gwalior’67 ‘Bhopal’68 ‘Bhopal’69 ‘Bhopal, Sanchi Tope’70 ‘Where we shot the tiger at Gwalior’71 ‘Taj [Agra]’72 ‘Agra’73 ‘Tomb of Itmad-ud-dowlah [Agra]’74 ‘Fatepur Sikri’75 ‘Fatepur Sikri’76 ‘Lucknow. Viceroy [and] Sir A. MacDonnell in the Residency’77 ‘Lucknow. Viceroy [and] Mr Lawrence’78 ‘Fatepur Sikri , Diving Well’79 ‘Benares’80 ‘Benares’81 ‘Benares’82 ‘Maharaja's State Barge, [Benares/Varanasi]’83 ‘Benares’84 ‘Benares’85 ‘Benares’86 ‘Benares’87 ‘Benares’88 ‘Benares’89 ‘Pandal, landing stage & crowds at Gauhati, Assam’90 ‘On the "Buzzard", Brahmaputra River’91 ‘Fatehpur Sikri, Great Mosque’92 ‘Diving Well [Fatehpur Sikri]’93 Poor quality print with a view at Fatehpur Sikri superimposed on a view of the ghats at Varanasi94 ‘Naga Warrior, Assam’95 ‘Nagas & other hill tribes, Assam’96 ‘Nagas & other hill tribes, Assam’97 Hill tribes in Assam during Curzon's tour there in March 190098 A Buddhist monk and entourage, Assam99 ‘Maharaja Scindia returning with Viceroy's first tiger, Gwalior, Dec 2, 1899. Col Crofts behind’100 ‘Parque Palermo Laguna [Buenos Aires]’InscriptionsFirst fly leaf, in pencil: ‘Photo 430/75’Spine, gold embossing: ‘India 1898–1906’Spine, in white pen: ‘Photo 430/75’Throughout the album captions, location and date are hand-written in black ink and pencil.1 black full-leather, unpublished album (29 pages) containing 99 photographic prints pasted into volume (and one loose) with handwritten captions beneathDimensions:Album: 280 x 386 x 40 mmFormat:Black full-leather album containing ninety-nine prints, pasted onto card pages, one loose.Materials:Card, black ink, albumen, collodio-chloride and platinum prints.Condition:The binding is crumbling but most card pages, though buckling, scuffed, stained and foxed are in stable condition. Leather cover is heavily scuffed at all edges.Many of the individual images are faded and some show signs of surface losses.Foliation:The images have been numbered 1–100 alongside each image in pencil.Process:Albumen, collodio-chloride and platinum printsBinding:The album is bound in black leather, featuring linen joints.

Language:

English

Type:

Photograph

Type (Narrower):

Photographs

Type (Broader):

Image

Subject:

Tribes
Government buildings

Geographic region:

Bombay
Lucknow
Calcutta
Bhopal
Assam
Buenos Aires
Aden
Delhi
Gwalior
Taj Mahal
Benares

Extent:

1 black full-leather, unpublished album (29 pages) containing 99 photographic prints pasted into volume (and one loose) with handwritten captions beneath

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100023494134.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100023494134.0x000001_en
Photo 430/75

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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