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Various views after the destruction of Lucknow including portraits of military officers, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
People:
  • Felice Beato (photographer)
  • Unknown (photographer)
Title:

Various views after the destruction of Lucknow including portraits of military officers, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Date:

between 1857 and 1879

Form:
photographs
Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)
Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints and one hand-coloured albumen silver print

Dimensions:

album (closed): 38,3 x 49,3 x 3,2 cm pages (range [bound]): 37,1 to 48,5 x 36,7 to 48,6 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0301:001-096

Point of View:
  • distant views
  • exterior views
  • interior views
Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Modern binding consists of full green cloth-covered boards and spine with gilt lettering and green endpapers.

Inscription:

imprinted - in gilt, on the spine: with title and "UNION / LEAGUE / CLUB" imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on a bookplate adhered to the verso of the front cover, c.: "WELCOME TO LOYAL HEARTS / THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB OF CHICAGO / MDCCCIII MCMXXIX / RA PH FLETCHER SEYMOUR" [within decorative designs of a book, buildings and leaves] dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the flyleaf, c.l.: "5-8-58 Book Shop Bindery"; and u.r.: "on table" imprinted, stamped, numbered and inscribed - on a paper label bound between the flyleaf and an album page, l.l. to u.l.: "PABS by BIOCA - 5809 W. Division St. - Chicago 51, Ill." [sideways]; t. to b.: "FROM: Bindery / Corporation / Of / America / (LISENSEE) / Publisher's Authorized Bindery Service, Ltd. / 5809 W. DIVISION ST. - CHICAGO 51, ILLINOIS / FOR: / BOOKS - KEEP DRY / POSTMASTER: THIS PACKAGE CONTAINS BOOKS AND MAY / BE OPENED FOR POSTAL INSPECTION. IF NOT DELIVERED / IN 20 DAYS, RETURN CHARGES GUARANTEED."; u.r. to c.r.: "COLOR / GR / L L / RO / SB / SL / INSTRUCTIONS / BIND: AS IS / FRONT COVERS / INCOMPLETE / WITHOUT INDEX"; in purple ink, t.: "SIE 1"; and by an unknown hand, in blue ballpoint pen, u.r.: "48"; and l.r.: "DO / NOT / TRIM" [underlined in red pencil]

Location:

Jalandhar; Punjab; India;

Subject:
  • architecture
  • engineering
  • military
  • portrait
Subject Descriptive Terms:
  • courthouses
  • government office buildings
  • complexes
  • ruins
  • scaffolds
  • fences
  • doors
  • gateways
  • houses
  • windows
  • chair
  • portico
  • wall
  • statues
  • palaces
  • domes
  • obelisk
  • ordnance depots
  • pavilions (garden structures)
  • shutters
  • temples
  • tents
  • towers (building divisions)
  • mausoleums
  • mosques
  • bridges (built works)
  • pointed arches
  • tombs
  • buildings
  • shrine (structure)
  • forts
  • fortifications
  • military camps
  • mansions
  • roads
  • columns (architectural elements)
  • cross (visual work)
  • official residences
  • cannon (artillery)
  • park (recreation area)
  • bank (building)
  • arsenals
  • minarets
  • armchair
  • branch bank
  • camp (temporary settlement)
  • cannonballs
  • carpet
  • cavalry
  • citadels
  • clock tower
  • construction
  • étagère
  • festoon curtains
  • fortress
  • furniture
  • grave
  • grave site
  • hunting lodge
  • magazine (military building)
  • memorial
  • mess hall
  • military personnel
  • pedestals
  • pitched roof
  • pleasure gardens
  • portals
  • private gardens
  • procession
  • reflecting pools
  • relic
  • repair
  • research institutes
  • restaurants
  • royal palaces
  • semicircular arches
  • sepulchral monuments
  • skeletons
  • stool
  • town halls
  • boats
  • ghats
  • mural paintings
  • observatories
  • boarding schools
  • colleges
  • arch bridges
  • metal-work
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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