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Entrance to Government House, Lucknow

Photograph
1914
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Autochrome of a the ruins of the Government House in Lucknow, which are overgrown with bushes and shrubs. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEntrance to Government House, Lucknow (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Autochrome
Brief description
Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, Entrance to Government House in Lucknow, autochrome, 1914
Physical description
Autochrome of a the ruins of the Government House in Lucknow, which are overgrown with bushes and shrubs. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 82mm
  • Width: 107mm
  • Depth: 3mm
  • Additional glass slide height: 83mm
  • Additional glass slide width: 108mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • inv. 10630 (On black tape, along the top edge at the right, handwritten in pencil.)
  • Lucknow Mutiny Ruins Entrance to Government House (On white label stuck on bottom left corner, handwritten in black ink.)
  • (On small white sticker in the bottom left corner, numbers and scribbles handwritten in pencil.)
  • (A small sticker stuck along the bottom edge.)
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.2521-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • 10630 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • XRP1513 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Accession number
RPS.361-2017

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Record createdMay 5, 2017
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