Finding aid for Views of India album
Beth Ann Guynn
Descriptive Summary
Title: Views of India album
Date (inclusive): between 1857 and 1863
Number: 2017.R.35
Physical Description:
1 Linear Foot
(1 album)
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 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.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
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
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 2017.
Processing Information
This finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn in 2018.
Digitized material
Digitized by the repository in 2018. The images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2017r35
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series:
Series I. Views of India album, between 1857
and 1863.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Bellairs, Edmund Hooke Wilson, 1823-1898
Subjects - Topics
Waterfalls -- India
Temples -- India
Ghats (Architecture) -- India
Fortification -- India
Subjects - Places
India -- Description and travel
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints -- India -- 19th century
Photograph albums -- India -- 19th century
Cartes-de-visite -- Great Britain -- 19th century
Photographs, Original
Views of India album,
between 1857 and 1863
Views of India album (digitized version)
Physical Description:
1 Linear
Feet
(1 box)
Scope and Content Note
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 1, page front
endpapers
2017.R.35-fe
Front endpapers
box 1, page front free endpaper
verso
2017.R.35-fev
Verso of front free endpaper
box 1, page fly leaf -
recto
2017.R.35-f
Fly-leaf
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 1, page 1st blank
page
box 1, page 2nd blank
page
box 1, page 1 recto
2017.R.35-1r
Chachai Waterfalls, Rewah, C.I.
box 1, page 2 recto
2017.R.35-2r
Poowah Waterfalls, Rewah, C.I.
box 1, page 3 recto
2017.R.35-3r
Kajrāhā Temples, Chutterpore State, C.I.
Scope and Content Note
Khajuraho, Chhatapur district.
box 1, page 4 recto
2017.R.35-4r
Bhadaura Temples, Churkhance State, C.I.
box 1, page 5 recto
2017.R.35-5r
Chunar Fort, Mirzapore Dist.
Scope and Content Note
Chunar Fort, also known as Chandrakanta Chunarghar or Charanadri, Mirzapur district,
Uttar Pradesh.
box 1, page 6 recto
2017.R.35-6r
Gatēhri, Chutterpore, C.I.
box 1, page 7 recto
2017.R.35-7r
Gateway of Nawab's Palace, Banda
box 1, page 8 recto
2017.R.35-8r
The Baradari, Seonda Fort nr. Banda
Scope and Content Note
Datia era fort near Seondha, Madhya Pradesh.
box 1, page 9 recto
2017.R.35-9r
The Nagode Chief in Durbar
box 1, page 10 recto
2017.R.35-10r
Head of the Keontee Waterfall, Rewah, C.I.
Scope and Content Note
Keoti Falls, Rewa district, Uttar Pradesh.
box 1, page 11 recto
2017.R.35-11r
The Mohani Temple & Street, Mirzapore
Scope and Content Note
Mohini temple, Mirzapur. Numbered in negative: 23; with monogram: WM.
box 1, page 12 recto
2017.R.35-12r
The Naiabakri Ke Hareli, Kalinjir Fort
box 1, page 13 recto
2017.R.35-13r
Gateway of the Doorgah, Chunar
Scope and Content Note
Gate to Shah Qasim Sulaiman's tomb. Numbered in negative: 6; with monogram: WM.
box 1, page 14 recto
2017.R.35-14r
Bamboos near Sohawul, C.I.
Scope and Content Note
Numbers in negative are cropped off: 15?
box 1, page 15 recto
2017.R.35-15r
Kotwali Well, Mirzapore
Scope and Content Note
Numbered in negative: 20; with monogram: WM.
box 1, page 16 recto
2017.R.35-16r
Luchminaram's Ghat, Mirzapore
Scope and Content Note
Pakka Ghat.
box 1, page 17 recto
2017.R.35-17r
Niagwrhi Falls, Rewah, C.I.
Scope and Content Note
Annotation on mount: 360 ft.
box 1, page 18 recto
2017.R.35-18r
Kot Tirth Tank, Kalinjar Fort
box 1, page 19 recto
2017.R.35-19r
Below the Chachai Falls, Rewah, C.I.
box 1, page 20 recto
2017.R.35-20r
Gopal Sagar, Kalinjar Village
box 1, page 21 recto
2017.R.35-21r
Bharigarh, Old Fort Gateway
Scope and Content Note
Bhanghar? Annotation on mount: A.D. 200. Numbered in negative: 99.
box 1, page 22 recto
2017.R.35-22r
The Mohani Temple &c. at Mirzapore
Scope and Content Note
Mohini temple. Monogram in negative: WM.
box 1, page 23 recto
2017.R.35-23r
Doorova Ghat, Nagode & Banda Road
box 1, page 24 recto
2017.R.35-24r
Causeway over the Beylun River, Great Deccan Road
box 1, page 25 recto
2017.R.35-25r
Beylun River Causeway
box 1, page 26 recto
2017.R.35-26r
Part of the Old College, Seonda Fort nr. Banda
box 1, page 27 recto
2017.R.35-27r
Bhadaura Temples
box 1, page 28 recto
2017.R.35-28r
Madhogurh Fort, Rewah, C.I.
Scope and Content Note
Madhogarh Fort, Rewah. Numbered in negative: 62; with monogram: WM. Components of the
fort complex are also noted in annotations on the mount.
box 1, page 29 recto
2017.R.35-29r
Sohawul Fort, C.I.
Scope and Content Note
Numbered in negative: 44; with monogram: WM.
box 1, page 30 recto
2017.R.35-30r
Bharighar, the New Town
Scope and Content Note
Bhanghar?
box 1, page 31 recto
2017.R.35-31r
Baba Manda Ke Mandil, Banda
Scope and Content Note
Numbered in negative: 86; with monogram: WM.
box 1, page 32 recto
2017.R.35-32r
Interior of Madhogurh Fort, Rewah, C.I.
box 1, page 33 recto
2017.R.35-33r
Kajrāhā Temples, Chutterpore, C.I.
Scope and Content Note
Numbered in negative: 115; with monogram: WM.
box 1, page 34 recto
2017.R.35-34r
Patarkechar Fort, C.I.
Scope and Content Note
Numbered in negative: 143; with monogram: WM.
box 1, page 35 recto
2017.R.35-35r
Rewah Survey, Secondary Station at Kalinjir Fort
box 1, page 36 recto
2017.R.35-36r
Holy Place in Baba Manda Ke Mandil, Banda
box 1, page 37 recto
2017.R.35-37r
Temples at the Bharia Ghat, Mirzapore
Scope and Content Note
Burrier (Bariya) Ghat, Mirzapur. Numbered in negative: 14; with monogram: WM.
box 1, page 38 recto
2017.R.35-38r
Katehra, Chutterpore, C.I.
box 1, page 39 recto
2017.R.35-39r
Punnah Rajah's Palace, at Punnah, C.I.
box 1, page 40 recto
2017.R.35-40r
Burgut Tree at Bharighar
Scope and Content Note
Annotation continues: Tank built A.D. 1062. Numbered in negative: 97; with monogram:
WM.
box 1, page 41 recto
2017.R.35-41r
Mackinnon's House, the Old Brewery, Mussoorie, N.W.P.
box 1, page 42 recto
2017.R.35-42r
Old Walls at Bharighar
Scope and Content Note
Annotation continues: Built about A.D. 200.
box 1, page 43 recto
2017.R.35-43r
Our Garden at Kingscraig, Mussorie [sic]
Scope and Content Note
Annotation in left margin: W. H. L. & / W. G. M. / made here / F. E.
box 1, page 44 recto
2017.R.35-44r
Pau Gardens at Raipoor, Rewah, C.I.
box 1, page 45 recto
2017.R.35-45r
Gooraia, on the River Touse, Rewah
Scope and Content Note
Faint annotation on mount in a second hand: Scene on the douse at Gooraia Mewahli.
Numbered in negative: 20 (?, cutoff); with monogram: MW.
box 1, page 46 recto
2017.R.35-46r
Banda Church
Scope and Content Note
Numbered in negative: 80.
box 1, page 47 recto
2017.R.35-47r
Weighing Cotton at the Nahr Ghat, Mirzapore
Scope and Content Note
Numbered in negative: 18; with monogram: WM.
box 1, page 48 recto
2017.R.35-48r
Kajraha Temple
Scope and Content Note
Numbered in negative: 111; with monogram WM.
box 1, page 49 recto
2017.R.35-49r
Kumhow Talao, Kalinjir Fort
Scope and Content Note
Faint annotation on mount in a second hand: Kumbow, Salow, Kalinjr.
box 1, page 50 recto
2017.R.35-50r
Looking Down Stream from the Chachai Falls, Rewah, C.I.
Scope and Content Note
Numbered in negative: 66.
box 1, page 51 recto
2017.R.35-52r
Kalinjir Fort from the Distance
box 1, page 52 recto
2017.R.35-52r
Poorwa Waterfalls, Rewah, C.I.
Scope and Content Note
Purwa Falls, Rewa.
box 1, page 53 recto
2017.R.35-53r
Stone Idols
Scope and Content Note
Annotations below the statues read, from left to right: The Buh?; Vishnu; Krishnu;
Hanooman; Mahadeo; Gunesh.
box 1, page 54 recto
2017.R.35-54r
Kirwee, Palace & Fort
box 1, page 55 recto - 90
recto
2017.R.35-55r_90r
Blank pages
box 1, page back
endpapers
2017.R.35-be
Back endpapers
box 1, folder 1
Notes
Scope and Content Note
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.