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
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gregory F.W. Todd, Yale BA 1976, in memory of Joan Castle Sitwell
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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.
Contents:
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.
Subject Terms:
Sitwell, William, 1860–1932. | Sitwell, Constance, -1908. | Kailasanatha Temple (Ellora Caves, India) | British -- India. | Cave architecture -- India -- Ellora Caves. | Cave temples -- India -- Ellora Caves. | Horse sports. | India -- Description and travel. | India -- Antiquities. | Ahmadnagar (India) | Aurangābād (India) | Daulatabad (India) | Ellora Caves (India) | Indus River. | Karachi (Pakistan) | Mumbai (India) | Pune (India)