The collection, probably compiled by an unidentified French breeder, consists of images of mainly Barbary horses taken in Tunisia, including many... Show moreThe collection, probably compiled by an unidentified French breeder, consists of images of mainly Barbary horses taken in Tunisia, including many at the stud of Sidi Tabet in Tunisia (founded in 1866), in Kairouan, El Jem and at the - unidentified - Saint Georges Stud. Title and date devised by Library staff. Prints are numbered (1-90) and captioned in French in pencil or ink on the reverse and on some triangle paper tags in the album. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0267 2-D Graphic Binder with photos Item-ID: i26864940 BIB-ID: 2701896 Show less
Views of Palestine and Egypt collected or taken by an amateur photographer at the beginning of the XX Century. Pictures show people, landscapes and... Show moreViews of Palestine and Egypt collected or taken by an amateur photographer at the beginning of the XX Century. Pictures show people, landscapes and architectures. Title and date devised by Library staff. Photographs have sometimes captions and numbers on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0258 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25238504 BIB-ID: 2686966 Show less
Tea plantations, Tea plantations--South Asia--Photographs, Women tea plantation workers, Women tea plantation workers--Portraits
Collection of photographs probably coming from the Popperfoto, one of the UK's oldest and largest independently-owned image libraries founded by... Show moreCollection of photographs probably coming from the Popperfoto, one of the UK's oldest and largest independently-owned image libraries founded by the Czech photo-journalist Paul Popper in 1934, who is also the author of some of the pictures. The collection depicts tea plantations in India, both in Assam and in Darjeeling. Photographs portrait laborers (coolies") in the plantations, especially Muslim women, planting, pruning, and plucking tea. Also, Nepali tea workers, low caste children, and religious holidays celebrated at the plantation. The rest of the collection consists of views of Colombo showing Buddist temples, local shops, the harbor, local wagons, and snake charmers. One picture of local boats alongside a ship in Port Said. Title and date devised by Library staff. Prints format ranging from 6 x 5 cm to 8 x 12 cm. 41 prints are captioned in pencil on the verso, 13 are captioned in white ink on the mount. Hand stamp "Paul Popper Furnival House 14-18 High Holborn, London, W.C.1" on the verso of some prints. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0015 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26114100 BIB-ID: 2745817 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0018 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24217980 BIB-ID: 2557249 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0018 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24217980 BIB-ID: 2557249 Show less
