Item F3643 - [Album of views of Lucknow, Agra, Naini Tal, etc. India] [attributed to John Edward Sache]

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F3643

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[Album of views of Lucknow, Agra, Naini Tal, etc. India] [attributed to John Edward Sache]

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  • [188-]? (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 v. : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.

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Biographical history

John Edward Sache [fl. 1865-1882] had studios in Calcutta, Lucknow and the hill station of Nainital, the headquarters for the Governor of the North West Provinces during the summer months. Lucknow was one of the cities devastated by the Indian Revolt of 1857 and attracted many tourists. He recorded the Mughal architecture of Delhi, Agra and Sikandra as well as dramatic studies of the mountains of the Himalayas, in particular, the Pindar Range, Kasmir and Srinigar.

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Scope and content

Landscape, architectural studies, city and mountain views of the Himalayas, Agra, Delhi, Lucknow, Naini Tal [Nainital] and Bhimtal.
Collection of 76 albumen prints, each approximately 21 x 27cm, many signed and/or numbered in the negative, mounted on disbound album leaves, many titled in pencil, several titled in ink, no covers, no spine.

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Unrestricted access.

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  • English

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Note

Numbers assigned to each leaf for identification purposes by Library staff.

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Alma MMS ID

991002596449703131

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Migrated

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Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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