William Henry Sitwell photograph album of travels in India.

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Sitwell, William, 1860-1932, William Henry Sitwell photograph album of travels in India, 1907-1908

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Creator:: Sitwell, William, 1860–1932
Title(s):: William Henry Sitwell photograph album of travels in India.
Published/Created:: India, 1907-1908.
Physical Description:: 1 album (138 photographs) : gelatin silver prints ; album 30 x 25 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2018 36
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gregory F.W. Todd, Yale BA 1976, in memory of Joan Castle Sitwell
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13720899
Classification:: Photographs
Notes:: At the time the present album was compiled, William Henry Sitwell (1860-1932) was commander of the 2nd East Lancashire Regiment (1906-1908). The regiment was dispatched to India from 1897 to 1911. Sitwell's long military career included activity in Afghanistan (1880); Egypt (1897-1899); South Africa (1900-1902); India (1906-1914); and the Battle of Gallipoli (1915). Sitwell's first wife Constance Selina (née Meade) died in 1908. Sitwell, born at Benares, was educated at Harrow and R.M.C. Sandhurst. The Sitwell family were owners of Barmoor Castle, Northumberland.
Bound in contemporary quarter calf and blue cloth.
Photograph album documenting the travels of William Henry Sitwell in India, from 1907 to 1908. The majority of photographs appear to have been taken by a member of Sitwell's traveling party, if not Sitwell himself. Many of these are 13 x 10 cm (or smaller), with three or four pasted to a page. Between pages 23 and 57 are a number of larger photographs (22 x 28 cm, or smaller), at least some of which were commercially produced. The name of Bourne & Shepherd, a prominent Indian photographic studio, appears on some. Most photographs are captioned in black ink; some are dated. Though fellow soldiers or camps are depicted in some of the photographs, most appear to document Sitwell's tourist activity. Especially noteworthy are a series of photographs of the Ellora caves. A handful of photographs depict Sitwell, and a similar number his wife, Constance Selina (C.S.S.); in some she is carried in an uncovered sedan chair. Though the photographs primarily depict scenery and architecture, a few focus on the local populations, including a "hill girl" on page 19 and a "Beluch chief" on page 49. Also included are a handful of postcars of Indian scenery.
Accompanied by three items, loosely inserted: [1] a telegram, dated 24 August 1897, to Sitwell at Barmoor, concerning his appointment to the "Egyptian Army"; [2] an admission ticket, addressed to "Lt. Colonel Sitwell" for the H.M.S. Enchantress at the Coronation Naval Review, Saturday 16th August, 1902, at Portsmouth (marking the coronation of Edward VII); [3] an announcement for an equestrian gymkhana to be held on June 4, 1902 (?), probably during Sitwell's service in South Africa; Lieut.-Col. Sitwell is listed as a steward for the proceedings.
Subject Terms:: Ahmadnagar (India)
Aurangābād (India)
British -- India.
Cave architecture -- India -- Ellora Caves.
Cave temples -- India -- Ellora Caves.
Daulatabad (India)
Ellora Caves (India)
Horse sports.
India -- Antiquities.
India -- Description and travel.
Indus River.
Kailasanatha Temple (Ellora Caves, India)
Karachi (Pakistan)
Mumbai (India)
Pune (India)
Sitwell, Constance, -1908.
Sitwell, William, 1860–1932.
Form/Genre:: Photographs.
Gelatin silver prints.
Photograph albums.
Travel photography.
Ephemera.
Admission tickets.
Telegrams.
Postcards.
Contributors:: Bourne & Shepherd, photographer.
Export:: XML

Page 1. Bombay (Mumbai) and Poona (Pune), with photographs of Government House and Connaught Hotel
2. Camp at Yeola
3. Wanowri (Wanwadi)
4. Parbati
5. Singurh (Sinhagad)
6. Katraj
7-8. Karli Caves
9. Poona (with photo of Constance on horseback)
10. Moharram ("Tazia's being thrown over the bridge, & crowd of spectators")
11. Ahmednagar Fort
12. M.I. Dinner, Poona, 1907
13., "Our bungalow (G.O.C.'s) Ahmednagar, March 1907"
14. Buffaloes
15. Ahmednagar Fort, with "Chand Bibi's Palace in the Fort"
16. Mussoorie, Rajpur, Hotel Cecil, Simla
17. Simla
18. Constance on the way to Fargu, Park-goats on Tibet Road
19. "Snows from Narkhanda Dak Bungalow," "A hill girl"
20. The road to Bhagi, Mountains from Narkhanda
21. View near Narkunda, 2408
22. Climbing up and over Hattu (Hatu Peak), with Constance in uncovered sedan chair
23. On the path to Bhagi, from Narkhanda
24. "Narkunda & snowy range, 2410"
25. "Between Phagoo & Theôg, 2397"
26. Aurangabad; "Women of Lombardi (a criminal tribe) on trek"
27. Pan Chakki
28. Mausoleum of Rabia Durrani; Nizam's bungalow, Ellora
29. Ellora caves
30. Daulatabad Fort, Ellora caves
31. Mosque at Raza, Aurangabad tomb
32. Buddha, Ellora
33. Caves, Ellora
34. The Indra Sabha, Ellora
35. In the Indra Sabha
36. Untitled Ellora cave (?)
37. Cave in rock-face of court of the Kailasa
38. The Indra Sabha
39. Tagnali Sabha
40. Untitled view
41. Untitled cave view
42. The Kailasa, within the court
43. Kailasa, chief door
44. One of Kailas shrines
45. Daulatabad (graphite drawing)
46. Ahmednagar Fort
47. Bombay harbor; the Indus
48. The Indus; Bolan Pass
49. Bolan Pass; Beluch chief at a station near Quetta
50. Main guard, Ahmednagar
51. A minaret, Rabia Durrani's mausoleum, Aurangabad
52. The Kailasa, Ellora
53. Roof of the Kailasa, Ellora
54. View from halfway down Daulatabad fortress
55. blank
56. Bombay, harbor view
57. Bombay, harbor view
58. Government House, Karachi
59. Views of the camp, 59th Regiment, Karachi
60. Sitwell on horseback ("Tim"); interior tent views
61. Imperial Proclamation Day, Karachi (Jan. 1, 1908); interior tent view
62. Group portrait of officers in uniform, including Sitwell.

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