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Residency (Mutiny Ruins), Lucknow, India

Photograph
1914
Artist/Maker
Messinger Murdoch, Helen (photographer)
Place of origin
India (photographed)

Autochrome of a view of the ruins of the Residency in Lucknow, which was a target in the 1857 Rebellion, with trees and grassland in the foreground. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleResidency (Mutiny Ruins), Lucknow, India (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Autochrome
Glass
Autochrome
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, Residency (Mutiny Ruins) in Lucknow, autochrome, 1914
Physical description
Autochrome of a view of the ruins of the Residency in Lucknow, which was a target in the 1857 Rebellion, with trees and grassland in the foreground. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 164mm
  • Width: 214mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inv. 10966 (On white sticker over top edge of the glass, handwritten in pencil.)
  • 16553 (On same white sticker stuck over the top edge of the glass, handwritten in black ink.)
  • 17 (On white sticker stuck on bottom right of glass plate, handwritten in pencil.)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Associated object
PROV.2520-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • 10958 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 16552 - RPS collection - previous object number
  • PH242 - RPS identifier - alternative
  • 3322 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • XRP1512 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.349-2017

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Record createdMay 5, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1390967/residency-mutiny-ruins-lucknow-india-photograph-messinger-murdoch-helen/
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