| Title: | Views of India album |
| Dates: | between 1857 and 1863 |
| Number: | 2017.R.35 |
| Extent: | 1 Linear Foot (1 album) |
| Abstract: | The album contains 54 views of central and northern India that appear to have been taken by a skilled amateur photographer. Present are views of forts and gateways (Kalinjar; Chunar; Baradar; Bharigarh), palaces, temples (Khajuraho; Bhadaura), ghats, landscapes and waterfalls. |
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| Language: | Collection material is in English. |
| Repository: | The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles 90049-1688 reference@getty.edu URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref (310) 440-7390 |
| Author: | Beth Ann Guynn |
Edmund and William Bellairs were the sons of Sir William of Mulbarton, Norfolk (1793-1863), who as a member of the 15th Hussars served in campaigns against Napoleon in Spain, France and at Waterloo. The inscription and gift of this album to the Reverend Edward Cole thus might be related to the death of Sir William. Both sons served in the British army: Edmund Hooke Wilson Bellairs (1823-1898) retired as a captain in 1852 and settled in New Zealand where he was appointed a member of the upper house of the country's first parliament. He later moved to Biarritz, France, where he was Vice-Consul. Major-General William Bellairs (1823-1913) had a distinguished military career, serving in the Crimea, the West Indies, Canada, Gibraltar, and South Africa.
The album contains 54 views of central and northern India that appear to have been taken by a skilled amateur photographer. Present are views of forts and gateways (Kalinjar; Chunar; Bharigarh), palaces, temples (Khajuraho; Bhadaura), ghats, landscapes and waterfalls. Locales depicted include places in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttaarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh such as Mirzapur, Banda, Chunar, Punnah, and Mussorie. One photograph depicts the Nagoda chief in Durbar, while another shows cotton weighing in Mirzapur. The British presence in the area is evident in a few images such as those showing "Mckinnon's house" and "our garden at Kingscraig," both in Mussoorie; the Rewa survey station at Kalinjir Fort, and the church at Banda.
Two cartes-de-visite are associated with the fly leaf, which bears the dedication: To the Revd. Edward Cole, M.A. / from Edmund & William Bellairs, / in memory of a kind deed. / October, 1863. The carte-de-visite adhered below the dedication portrays a seated man with a young girl standing between his legs, and has a handwritten caption attached to its lower edge that reads: Capt. E. H. Bellairss & Cassandra. The second carte-de-visite, inserted at the page opening, is a portrait of an unidentified man seated at a desk and writing in a book. The photographer's imprint on its verso reads: Mason & Co. / 28, Old Bond Street, London / 9 Promenade Villas, Cheltenham / 20 St. Giles Street, Norwich.
Two notes from different hands and dates are also inserted in the album. The older note, written in pencil on buff laid paper, describes the making of the Banda & Kirnie (?) prize money. The second, written in ink on blue paper lists the accomplishments of Professor Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, the winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
The album was bound in diced calf gilt by J. R. Brooks of London (blind stamp on front paste-down), with gilt spine and edges and a brass catch and clasp on the foredge. The front cover bears the gilt monogram E. C. C.
Eighteen of the photographs are numbered in the negative, 13 of which have the monogram: WM. One photograph displays the monogram, but no number. Due to the placement of the numbers and monograms near the bottom edge of the image it seems likely that in other cases monograms and numbers have been cropped from the prints.
English captions are pencilled on the mounts.
Arranged in a single series:
Series I. Views of India album, between 1857
and 1863.
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Contact Library Reproductions and Permissions.
Digitized by the repository in 2018. The images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2017r35
Views of India album, between 1857 and 1863, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2017.R.35.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2017r35
Acquired in 2017.
This finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn in 2018.
| Views of India album, between 1857 and 1863 1 Linear Feet (1 box) | |||||||||||
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Views of India album (digitized version)
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| The album contains 54 views of central and northern India that appear to have been taken by a skilled amateur photographer. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| In original order. | |||||||||||
| box | item | ||||||||||
| 1 | front cover | 2017.R.35-fc Front cover | |||||||||
| 1 | front endpapers | 2017.R.35-fe Front endpapers | |||||||||
| 1 | front free endpaper verso | 2017.R.35-fev Verso of front free endpaper | |||||||||
| 1 | fly leaf - recto | 2017.R.35-f Fly-leaf | |||||||||
| Dedication on flyleaf: To the Revd. Edward Cole, M.A. / from Edmund & William Bellairs, / in memory of a kind deed. / October, 1863. Two cartes-de-visite are associated with the fly leaf. The carte-de-visite adhered below the dedication portrays a seated man with a young girl standing between his legs, and has a handwritten caption attached to its lower edge which reads: Capt. E. H. Bellows & Cassandra. The second carte-de-viste, inserted at the page opening, is a portrait of an unidentified man seated at a desk and writing in a book. The photographer's imprint on its verso reads: Mason & Co. / 28, Old Bond Street, London / 9 Promenade Villas, Cheltenham / 20 St. Giles Street, Norwich. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1st blank page | 2017.R.35-bl1 Blank page | |||||||||
| 1 | 2nd blank page | 2017.R.35-bl2 Blank page | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 recto | 2017.R.35-1r Chachai Waterfalls, Rewah, C.I. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 recto | 2017.R.35-2r Poowah Waterfalls, Rewah, C.I. | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 recto | 2017.R.35-3r Kajrāhā Temples, Chutterpore State, C.I. | |||||||||
| Khajuraho, Chhatapur district. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4 recto | 2017.R.35-4r Bhadaura Temples, Churkhance State, C.I. | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 recto | 2017.R.35-5r Chunar Fort, Mirzapore Dist. | |||||||||
| Chunar Fort, also known as Chandrakanta Chunarghar or Charanadri, Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 6 recto | 2017.R.35-6r Gatēhri, Chutterpore, C.I. | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 recto | 2017.R.35-7r Gateway of Nawab's Palace, Banda | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 recto | 2017.R.35-8r The Baradari, Seonda Fort nr. Banda | |||||||||
| Datia era fort near Seondha, Madhya Pradesh. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 9 recto | 2017.R.35-9r The Nagode Chief in Durbar | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 recto | 2017.R.35-10r Head of the Keontee Waterfall, Rewah, C.I. | |||||||||
| Keoti Falls, Rewa district, Uttar Pradesh. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 11 recto | 2017.R.35-11r The Mohani Temple & Street, Mirzapore | |||||||||
| Mohini temple, Mirzapur. Numbered in negative: 23; with monogram: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 12 recto | 2017.R.35-12r The Naiabakri Ke Hareli, Kalinjir Fort | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 recto | 2017.R.35-13r Gateway of the Doorgah, Chunar | |||||||||
| Gate to Shah Qasim Sulaiman's tomb. Numbered in negative: 6; with monogram: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 14 recto | 2017.R.35-14r Bamboos near Sohawul, C.I. | |||||||||
| Numbers in negative are cropped off: 15? | |||||||||||
| 1 | 15 recto | 2017.R.35-15r Kotwali Well, Mirzapore | |||||||||
| Numbered in negative: 20; with monogram: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 16 recto | 2017.R.35-16r Luchminaram's Ghat, Mirzapore | |||||||||
| Pakka Ghat. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 17 recto | 2017.R.35-17r Niagwrhi Falls, Rewah, C.I. | |||||||||
| Annotation on mount: 360 ft. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 18 recto | 2017.R.35-18r Kot Tirth Tank, Kalinjar Fort | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 recto | 2017.R.35-19r Below the Chachai Falls, Rewah, C.I. | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 recto | 2017.R.35-20r Gopal Sagar, Kalinjar Village | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 recto | 2017.R.35-21r Bharigarh, Old Fort Gateway | |||||||||
| Bhanghar? Annotation on mount: A.D. 200. Numbered in negative: 99. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 22 recto | 2017.R.35-22r The Mohani Temple &c. at Mirzapore | |||||||||
| Mohini temple. Monogram in negative: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 23 recto | 2017.R.35-23r Doorova Ghat, Nagode & Banda Road | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 recto | 2017.R.35-24r Causeway over the Beylun River, Great Deccan Road | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 recto | 2017.R.35-25r Beylun River Causeway | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 recto | 2017.R.35-26r Part of the Old College, Seonda Fort nr. Banda | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 recto | 2017.R.35-27r Bhadaura Temples | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 recto | 2017.R.35-28r Madhogurh Fort, Rewah, C.I. | |||||||||
| Madhogarh Fort, Rewah. Numbered in negative: 62; with monogram: WM. Components of the fort complex are also noted in annotations on the mount. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 29 recto | 2017.R.35-29r Sohawul Fort, C.I. | |||||||||
| Numbered in negative: 44; with monogram: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 30 recto | 2017.R.35-30r Bharighar, the New Town | |||||||||
| Bhanghar? | |||||||||||
| 1 | 31 recto | 2017.R.35-31r Baba Manda Ke Mandil, Banda | |||||||||
| Numbered in negative: 86; with monogram: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 32 recto | 2017.R.35-32r Interior of Madhogurh Fort, Rewah, C.I. | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 recto | 2017.R.35-33r Kajrāhā Temples, Chutterpore, C.I. | |||||||||
| Numbered in negative: 115; with monogram: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 34 recto | 2017.R.35-34r Patarkechar Fort, C.I. | |||||||||
| Numbered in negative: 143; with monogram: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 35 recto | 2017.R.35-35r Rewah Survey, Secondary Station at Kalinjir Fort | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 recto | 2017.R.35-36r Holy Place in Baba Manda Ke Mandil, Banda | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 recto | 2017.R.35-37r Temples at the Bharia Ghat, Mirzapore | |||||||||
| Burrier (Bariya) Ghat, Mirzapur. Numbered in negative: 14; with monogram: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 38 recto | 2017.R.35-38r Katehra, Chutterpore, C.I. | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 recto | 2017.R.35-39r Punnah Rajah's Palace, at Punnah, C.I. | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 recto | 2017.R.35-40r Burgut Tree at Bharighar | |||||||||
| Annotation continues: Tank built A.D. 1062. Numbered in negative: 97; with monogram: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 41 recto | 2017.R.35-41r Mackinnon's House, the Old Brewery, Mussoorie, N.W.P. | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 recto | 2017.R.35-42r Old Walls at Bharighar | |||||||||
| Annotation continues: Built about A.D. 200. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 43 recto | 2017.R.35-43r Our Garden at Kingscraig, Mussorie [sic] | |||||||||
| Annotation in left margin: W. H. L. & / W. G. M. / made here / F. E. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 44 recto | 2017.R.35-44r Pau Gardens at Raipoor, Rewah, C.I. | |||||||||
| 1 | 45 recto | 2017.R.35-45r Gooraia, on the River Touse, Rewah | |||||||||
| Faint annotation on mount in a second hand: Scene on the douse at Gooraia Mewahli. Numbered in negative: 20 (?, cutoff); with monogram: MW. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 46 recto | 2017.R.35-46r Banda Church | |||||||||
| Numbered in negative: 80. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 47 recto | 2017.R.35-47r Weighing Cotton at the Nahr Ghat, Mirzapore | |||||||||
| Numbered in negative: 18; with monogram: WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 48 recto | 2017.R.35-48r Kajraha Temple | |||||||||
| Numbered in negative: 111; with monogram WM. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 49 recto | 2017.R.35-49r Kumhow Talao, Kalinjir Fort | |||||||||
| Faint annotation on mount in a second hand: Kumbow, Salow, Kalinjr. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 50 recto | 2017.R.35-50r Looking Down Stream from the Chachai Falls, Rewah, C.I. | |||||||||
| Numbered in negative: 66. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 51 recto | 2017.R.35-52r Kalinjir Fort from the Distance | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 recto | 2017.R.35-52r Poorwa Waterfalls, Rewah, C.I. | |||||||||
| Purwa Falls, Rewa. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 53 recto | 2017.R.35-53r Stone Idols | |||||||||
| Annotations below the statues read, from left to right: The Buh?; Vishnu; Krishnu; Hanooman; Mahadeo; Gunesh. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 54 recto | 2017.R.35-54r Kirwee, Palace & Fort | |||||||||
| 1 | 55 recto - 90 recto | 2017.R.35-55r_90r Blank pages | |||||||||
| 1 | back endpapers | 2017.R.35-be Back endpapers | |||||||||
| 1 | back cover | 2017.R.35-bc Back cover | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Notes | |||||||||
| Two notes from different hands and dates are also inserted in the album at the first blank page. The older note, written in pencil on buff laid paper, describes the making of the Banda & Kirnie(?) prize money. The second, written in ink on blue paper lists the accomplishments of Professor Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, the winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. | |||||||||||