http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8p274g0 Online items available Finding aid for Views of India album Beth Ann Guynn Finding aid for Views of India 2017.R.35 1 album 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 [email protected] 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. Request Materials: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the catalog record for this collection. Click here for the access policy . 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. Access Open for use by qualified researchers. Publication Rights Contact Library Reproductions and Permissions . 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. Finding aid for Views of India 2017.R.35 2 album 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. 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 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, item front 2017.R.35-fc Front cover cover box 1, page front 2017.R.35-fe Front endpapers endpapers box 1, page front 2017.R.35-fev Verso of front free endpaper free endpaper verso Finding aid for Views of India 2017.R.35 3 album Views of India album, between 1857 and 1863 box 1, page fly 2017.R.35-f Fly-leaf leaf - recto 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 2017.R.35-bl1 Blank page blank page box 1, page 2nd 2017.R.35-bl2 Blank page blank page box 1, page 1 2017.R.35-1r Chachai Waterfalls, Rewah, C.I. recto box 1, page 2 2017.R.35-2r Poowah Waterfalls, Rewah, C.I. recto box 1, page 3 2017.R.35-3r Kajrāhā Temples, Chutterpore State, C.I. recto Scope and Content Note Khajuraho, Chhatapur district. box 1, page 4 2017.R.35-4r Bhadaura Temples, Churkhance State, C.I. recto box 1, page 5 2017.R.35-5r Chunar Fort, Mirzapore Dist. recto Scope and Content Note Chunar Fort, also known as Chandrakanta Chunarghar or Charanadri, Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. box 1, page 6 2017.R.35-6r Gatēhri, Chutterpore, C.I. recto box 1, page 7 2017.R.35-7r Gateway of Nawab's Palace, Banda recto box 1, page 8 2017.R.35-8r The Baradari, Seonda Fort nr. Banda recto Scope and Content Note Datia era fort near Seondha, Madhya Pradesh. box 1, page 9 2017.R.35-9r The Nagode Chief in Durbar recto box 1, page 10 2017.R.35-10r Head of the Keontee Waterfall, Rewah, C.I. recto Scope and Content Note Keoti Falls, Rewa district, Uttar Pradesh. box 1, page 11 2017.R.35-11r The Mohani Temple & Street, Mirzapore recto Scope and Content Note Mohini temple, Mirzapur. Numbered in negative: 23; with monogram: WM. box 1, page 12 2017.R.35-12r The Naiabakri Ke Hareli, Kalinjir Fort recto box 1, page 13 2017.R.35-13r Gateway of the Doorgah, Chunar recto Scope and Content Note Gate to Shah Qasim Sulaiman's tomb. Numbered in negative: 6; with monogram: WM. Finding aid for Views of India 2017.R.35 4 album Views of India album, between 1857 and 1863 box 1, page 14 2017.R.35-14r Bamboos near Sohawul, C.I. recto Scope and Content Note Numbers in negative are cropped off: 15? box 1, page 15 2017.R.35-15r Kotwali Well, Mirzapore recto Scope and Content Note Numbered in negative: 20; with monogram: WM. box 1, page 16 2017.R.35-16r Luchminaram's Ghat, Mirzapore recto Scope and Content Note Pakka Ghat. box 1, page 17 2017.R.35-17r Niagwrhi Falls, Rewah, C.I. recto Scope and Content Note Annotation on mount: 360 ft. box 1, page 18 2017.R.35-18r Kot Tirth Tank, Kalinjar Fort recto box 1, page 19 2017.R.35-19r Below the Chachai Falls, Rewah, C.I. recto box 1, page 20 2017.R.35-20r Gopal Sagar, Kalinjar Village recto box 1, page 21 2017.R.35-21r Bharigarh, Old Fort Gateway recto Scope and Content Note Bhanghar? Annotation on mount: A.D. 200. Numbered in negative: 99. box 1, page 22 2017.R.35-22r The Mohani Temple &c. at Mirzapore recto Scope and Content Note Mohini temple. Monogram in negative: WM. box 1, page 23 2017.R.35-23r Doorova Ghat, Nagode & Banda Road recto box 1, page 24 2017.R.35-24r Causeway over the Beylun River, Great Deccan Road recto box 1, page 25 2017.R.35-25r Beylun River Causeway recto box 1, page 26 2017.R.35-26r Part of the Old College, Seonda Fort nr.