Finding aid for the Louis Rousselet photographs of India, 1865-1868
Beth Ann Guynn
Descriptive Summary
Title: Louis Rousselet photographs of India
Date (inclusive): 1865-1868
Number: 2018.R.11*
Creator/Collector:
Rousselet, Louis,
1845-1929
Physical Description:
7.25 Linear Feet
(26 photographs in 3 boxes)
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
Abstract: The collection comprises 26 photographs
from Louis Rousselet's 1869 publication Voyage dans l'Inde
documenting his five-year journey throughout the country. Depicted are sites and monuments
in Udaipur, Ajmer, Alwar, Lucknow, Allahabad and Delhi. Included are views of the Buddhist
stupa at Sānchi and Akbar's tomb and the villa and gardens at Secundra (Sikandar Bagh).
Views of forts and citadels, gateways, palaces, tombs, mosques and bazaars are also
present.
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Language: Collection material is in French
Biographical / Historical
Geographer, archaeologist and photographer Louis-Théophile Marie Rousselet (1845-1929)
undertook ethnographic and archaeological explorations in India and the Himalayas from 1864
to 1870, spending much of this time in central India. While he started his documentation
with pencil sketches, by October, 1865 Rousselet had begun taking photographs using
equipment he acquired in Bombay. Rousselet's resulting publications include
Voyage dans l'Inde (1869) and
Les royaumes
de l'Inde
(1879). Rousselet was also secretary of the Société d'anthropologie de
Paris.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Louis Rousselet photographs of India, 1865-1868, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles,
Accession no. 2018.R.11*.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2018r11*
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer. Acquired in 2018.
Processing Information
Beth Ann Guynn processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in 2018.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized by the repository in 2018 and the images are available
online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2018r11
Related Archival Materials
The repository also holds a collection of 105 photographs from Louis Rousselet's 1869
publication
Voyage dans l'Inde. See special collections accession no.
2018.R.14.
Scope and Content of Collection
The 26 albumen prints in the collection represent a small sampling of the photographs
included in Louis Rousselet's 1869 publication
Voyage dans
l'Inde
documenting his five-year journey throughout India. The following plates
are present in the collection: 65; 70; 74; 75; 92; 112; 114; 115; 121; 128-134; 136; 138;
141-143; 145; 147; 148; 151; 152.
Depicted are sites and monuments in Udaipur, Ajmer, Alwar, Lucknow, Allahabad, and Delhi.
Included are views of the Buddhist stupa at Sānchi and Akbar's tomb and the villa and
gardens at Secundra (Sikandar Bagh). Views of forts and citadels, gateways, palaces, tombs,
mosques and bazaars are also present. The images of Allahabad comprise views of a
European-style house and an indigo factory.
Plate numbers and titles (in French and English) are printed on the mounts below the
images. A statement of responsibility is printed along the bottom edge of the mounts:
Voyage dans l'Inde / de Mr. Rousselet. Goupil et Cie. Paris. /
Londres. Berlin. La Haye. New York.
Voyage in India / by Mr.
Rousselet.
The French titles are used in the finding aid for the individual image titles.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series:
Series I. Louis Rousselet photographs of India,
1865-1868.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Indigo industry -- India
Forts and fortifications -- India
Mosques -- India
Palaces -- India
Stūpas -- India
Tombs -- India
Subjects - Places
Ajmer (India) -- Description and travel
Allahabad (India) -- Description and travel
Delhi (India) -- Description and travel
Lucknow (India) -- Description and travel
Sānchi (India) -- Description and travel
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints -- India -- 19th century
Photographs, Original
Contributors
Rousselet, Louis,
1845-1929
Series I.
Louis Rousselet photographs of India,
1865-1868
box 1
2018.R.11-1
Porte du nord (architraves), Sanchi
Scope and Content Note
Plate 65. English title: Northern Gateway (Architrave).
box 1
2018.R.11-2
La ville, vu de Jchanghirabad, Bhopal
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 70. English title: The City Seen from Jchanghirabad.
box 1
2018.R.11-3
La citadelle, Nursinghur
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 74. English title: The Fort.
box 1
2018.R.11-4
Le Khirut khoumb ou tour de la victoire, Chittore
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 75. English title: The Kheerut Khoomb or Victory Tower.
box 1
2018.R.11-5
Jardins de Jug Navas, Oudeypour
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 92. English title: Gardens of Jug Navas.
box 1
2018.R.11-6
Bazar du château, Ajmeer
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 112. English title: Bazar of the Castle.
box 1
2018.R.11-7
Palais des Seths, Ajmeer
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 114. English title: Palace of the Seths.
box 1
2018.R.11-8
Le grande bazar, Ajmeer
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 115. English title: The Great Bazar.
box 1
2018.R.11-9
Entang de Buktawar, Ulwar
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 121. English title: Buktawar's Tank.
box 2
2018.R.11-10
Porte monumentale des jardins, Secundra
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 128. English title: Monumental Entrance of the Gardens.
box 2
2018.R.11-11
Le tombeau de Akber, Secundra
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 129. English title: The Tomb of Akber.
box 2
2018.R.11-12
Etages supérieurs du tombeau d'Akber, Secundra
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 130. English title: Upper Stories of Akber's Tomb.
box 2
2018.R.11-13
Une vue dans les jardins, Secundra
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 131. English title: A View in the Gardens.
box 2
2018.R.11-14
Entrée du palais des Padishahs, Delhi
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 132. English title: Entrance of the Palace of the Padishahs.
box 2
2018.R.11-15
La Jummah Musjid, Delhi
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 133. English title: The Jummah Musjid.
box 2
2018.R.11-16
Façade de la Jumma Musjid, Delhi
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 134. English title: Facade of the Jummah Musjid.
box 2
2018.R.11-17
Mosquée de Koutub, Delhi
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 136. English title: Mosque of Kootub.
box 2
2018.R.11-18
Colonnades de Pirthi Raj, Delhi
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 138. English title: Colonnades of Pirthi Raj.
box 3
2018.R.11-19
La porte d'Ala-Oudïn, Delhi
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 141. English title: Ala-Oodeen's Gateway.
box 3
2018.R.11-20
Mosquée d'Altamsh, Delhi
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 142. English title: Mosque of Altamsh.
box 3
2018.R.11-21
Tombeau d'Altamsh, Delhi
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 143. English title: Tomb of Altamsh.
box 3
2018.R.11-22
La citadelle, Togluckabad
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 145. English title: The Fortress.
box 3
2018.R.11-23
Tombeau d l'empereur Togluck, Togluckabad
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 143. English title: Tomb of the Emperor Togluck.
box 3
2018.R.11-24
Le Housseïnabad Imâmbara, Lucknow
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 148. English title: The Hooseinabad Imambara.
box 3
2018.R.11-25
Habitation européenne, Allahabad
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 151. English title: European House.
box 3
2018.R.11-26
Une factorerie d'indigo, Allahabad
Scope and Content Note
Plate number: 152. English title: An Indigo Factory.
