Photograph albums of Mrs. Lewis Percival. [ca. 1850-ca. 1899]

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Photograph albums of Mrs. Lewis Percival. [ca. 1850-ca. 1899]

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Most of the prints are albumen and many are carte-de-visite size. Prints include views of England, France, Italy, Gibralter, Morocco, Spain, Malta, Belgium, Germany, Scotland, as well as ca. 50 views of India (including Darjeeling, Bombay, Calcutta, Kanpur, Benares, Simla, Agra, portraits of northern Indians, and temple studies). Albums also contain many portraits of family members in Quebec, Canada and Dumfriesshire, Scotland, as well as in England. Other portrait studies include friends, military figures, school groups, General Grant and Queen Victoria. Photographers include Felice Beato, Samuel Bourne, William Notman.

2 albums (ca. 660 photographic prints, 1 watercolor, 1 postcard, 10 prints) ; 43 x 33.

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Notman, William

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Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912

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Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) was born in Shropshire, England, and began taking photographs around 1855. He joined the photography firm Howard & Shepherd around 1864, which eventually became Bourne & Shepherd and had offices in Calcutta, Simla, and Bombay. Bourne sailed for India in 1863, the first of three lengthy trips he took between 1863 and 1869. During these trips he photographed in all regions in India, Nepal, the Tibet Region, and Burma. One of his trips was devoted to finding and ph...

Beato, Felice, approximately 1825-

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Kaisando Temple, Nagasaki A pioneer in war photography and the photography of Japan, Felice Beato is believed to have been born between 1825 and 1830 on the Greek Island of Corfu, then a British protectorate. Although little certain can be said about his formal training or early career, Beato is known to have begun work as a photographer as early as 1851, when he traveled to Constantinople with his brother Antonio to work for James Robertson, an experienced photographer...

Percival, Isabella Agnes.

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Percival family.

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