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Call Number:

PH-00873

Collection Name:

Photographic Views. Crimea, India &c. &c. [Dew Album]

Creator:

Dew, Frederick Napleton, 1836-1908 (1836 - 1908)

Robertson & Beato

Robertson, James (1805 - 1889)

No. of Items:

72 photographs in 1 album

Span Dates:

1854-circa 1859

Description:

Photographic album, titled Photographic Views. Crimea, India &c. &c. [a.k.a., the Dew Album], assembled during the late 1850s by Frederick Napleton Dew, a member of the 88th Regiment (The Connaught Rangers). The album is inscribed: "Fredk. Dew, 88th Connaught Rangers," and it contains 72 photographic images, 62 of which are mounted (21 salted paper prints, 41 albumen prints), and 10 of which are laid in (all albumen?). Three of the images are panoramic photographs comprised of several prints each. The photographs reflect Dew’s early military career when he served in the Crimean War and in the Indian Mutiny Campaign where he was present at the sieges of both Lucknow and Calpee and at the operations in Oudh. The album begins with 20 photographs of Sevestopol’ and Balaclava, showing the war destruction, particularly of the two forts, the Redan and the Malakoff. The destruction caused by the Sepoy Rebellion in Delhi and Lucknow is documented by 26 photographs. The album also contains 15 individual and group portraits of military personnel, most of whom are unidentified, many of which were taken at Colchester, England. Also included are five views of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey), three views of Athens, Greece, a view of the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, a view of Dew’s quarters in Malta in 1855, and a view of a military tent camp in an unidentified location. Thirteen of the photographs are signed (10 by James Robertson, 3 by Robertson & Beato). Of the remaining photographs, Gernsheim attributed another 18 to Robertson and 20 to Felice Beato. Based on Dew’s inscriptions, the photographers’ dates of activity, and the images depicted, the photographs can be dated from 1854 to circa 1859.

Access Restrictions:

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Location(s):

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Item(s):

964:0369:0001 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). The interior of the "Redan"; taken 10 days after its evacuation., 1855. Albumen print, 23.9 x 28.4 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 1/5 in .

964:0369:0002 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Traktir Bridge. The scene of the battle of the Tchernaya, fought August 16th, 1855., 1855. Albumen print, 23.9 x 29.4 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 3/5 in .

964:0369:0003 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). The ruins of the "Malakoff Tower"; taken from the interior room after its capture., 1855. Albumen print, 23.8 x 28.2 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 1/10 in .

964:0369:0004 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Interior of the "Malakoff", a fortnight after its capture., 1855. Albumen print, 24.8 x 29.9 cm ; 9 4/5 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0369:0005 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Interior of the "Malakoff"; soon after its capture., 1855. Albumen print, 23.5 x 30 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0369:0006 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). The "Malakoff" and the trenches leading to it, from the Mamelon., 1855. Albumen print, 20.9 x 27.5 cm ; 8 1/5 x 10 4/5 in .

964:0369:0007 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). "The Breach" of "The Redan"; the point of attack by the British on Sept. 8th, 1855., 1855. Albumen print, 20.6 x 29.2 cm ; 8 1/10 x 11 1/2 in .

964:0369:0008 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). "The ‘Karabelnaia Barracks’, Sebastopol; taken from the rear of the ‘Redan’”., 1855. Albumen print, 21 x 30 cm ; 8 3/10 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0369:0009 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). "View of the interior of the Redan", showing the plan adopted by the Russians to prevent their gunners from being "picked off" by the British sharpshooters., 1855. Albumen print, 23.5 x 29.5 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 3/5 in .

964:0369:0010 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Ruins of the Karabelnaia Barracks Sebastopol; the station of the "British Main Guards", in Sebastopol, after its evacuation by the Russians., 1855. Albumen print, 24.4 x 29.2 cm ; 9 3/5 x 11 1/2 in .

964:0369:0011 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). The "Docks of Sebastopol", before they were blown up by the British Engineers., 1855. Albumen print, 21.8 x 29 cm ; 8 3/5 x 11 2/5 in .

964:0369:0012 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). The "Ruins of the Docks of Sebastopol", after they had been blown up by the British., 1855. Albumen print, 24 x 28.6 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 3/10 in .

964:0369:0013 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). "Bomb proof" hut in the Redan, the quarters of the Russian general Commandant., 1855. Albumen print, 22.5 x 28.4 cm ; 8 9/10 x 11 1/5 in .

964:0369:0014 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). [Sebastapol in Nov: 1855, from the Malakoff], November 1855. Albumen print, image: 24.2 x 29.6 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 7/10 in .

964:0369:0015 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). "Balaclava", from the plain., 1855. Albumen print, 24.5 x 28.9 cm ; 9 3/5 x 11 2/5 in .

964:0369:0016 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). "Port of Balaclava", from the rocks at the entrance., 1855. Albumen print, 23.7 x 28.4 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 1/5 in .

964:0369:0017 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). The burial ground on Cathcart's Hill, showing the monument erected by the officers of the Royal Artillery to their brother officers who were killed during the Crimean Campaign., 1855. Albumen print, 25.2 x 27.7 cm ; 9 9/10 x 10 9/10 in .

964:0369:0018 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Panorama of Sebastopol, (in November 1855), from the rear of the Malakoff, 1855 November. Albumen print (panoramic format), 86.5 x 22 cm ; 34 1/10 x 8 7/10 in .

964:0369:0019 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). The Woronzoff Ravines., 1855. Albumen print, 25 x 29.2 cm ; 9 4/5 x 11 1/2 in .

964:0369:0020 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Constantinople - 1855., 1855. Albumen print (panoramic format), 67.2 x 17.6 cm ; 26 1/2 x 6 9/10 in .

964:0369:0021 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). “The Obelisk of the Hippodrome - Constantinople”., circa 1855. Albumen print, 29.7 x 25 cm ; 11 7/10 x 9 4/5 in .

964:0369:0022 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Mosque of [Tophana?] - Constantinople., circa 1855. Albumen print, 26.3 x 29.1 cm ; 10 2/5 x 11 1/2 in .

964:0369:0023 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Mosque of St. Sophia - Constantinople., circa 1855. Albumen print, 23.7 x 29.6 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 7/10 in .

964:0369:0024 -- Robertson & Beato. Gateway of the Sultan's Summer Palace on the Bosphorus., circa 1855. Albumen print, 18.7 x 25.4 cm ; 7 2/5 x 10 in .

964:0369:0025 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Camp of the 97th Regt. and part of the 2nd Brigade of the Light Division before Sebastopol, circa 1855. Albumen print, 14.2 x 23.5 cm ; 5 3/5 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0369:0026 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). The ruins of the Parthenon at Athens., circa 1855. Albumen print, 23.7 x 29.7 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 7/10 in .

964:0369:0027 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). The ruins of the Temples of Jupiter at Athens., circa 1855. Albumen print, 24.6 x 28.7 cm ; 9 7/10 x 11 3/10 in .

964:0369:0028 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Athens., circa 1855. Albumen print, 24.8 x 29.2 cm ; 9 4/5 x 11 1/2 in .

964:0369:0029 -- Robertson & Beato. The Mount of Olives [a.k.a., Gethsemane]., circa 1855. Albumen print, 25.6 x 30.6 cm ; 10 1/10 x 12 in .

964:0369:0030 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Gateway of the Kaiserbagh - Lucknow., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 25.7 x 29.7 cm ; 10 1/10 x 11 7/10 in .

964:0369:0031 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [View in the Kaiserbagh - Lucknow. April 1858], April 1858. Albumen print, 23.8 x 29.5 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 3/5 in .

964:0369:0032 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). The Martiniere Palace - Lucknow., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 24.6 x 30 cm ; 9 7/10 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0369:0033 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). The Chattar Manzil Palace - Lucknow., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 24.6 x 29.5 cm ; 9 7/10 x 11 3/5 in .

964:0369:0034 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). The [Alumbagh] Palace - Lucknow., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 23.7 x 29.3 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 1/2 in .

964:0369:0035 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). The Ruins of the "Residency" - Lucknow - showing the "Bailey Gaurd" gateway., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 23.7 x 29.3 cm ; 9 3/10 x 11 1/2 in .

964:0369:0036 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). The Ruins of the "Residency". Lucknow - showing the room in which Sir Henry Lawrence was killed., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 25 x 29.5 cm ; 9 4/5 x 11 3/5 in .

964:0369:0037 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). The Secunderbagh showing the breach by which a portion of the storming party entered at its capture on 16th November 1857., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 24.6 x 29.5 cm ; 9 7/10 x 11 3/5 in .

964:0369:0038 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Interior of the Secunderbagh, in the state it was a fortnight after its capture; between 2000 and 3000 of the enemy were killed during the assault on 16th Novr. 1857., 1857. Albumen print, 25.7 x 29.3 cm ; 10 1/10 x 11 1/2 in .

964:0369:0039 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). The Great Imanmbarra., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 25 x 30 cm ; 9 4/5 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0369:0040 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Tomb of Sa'adat-Ali & his wife., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 24.8 x 29.8 cm ; 9 4/5 x 11 7/10 in .

964:0369:0041 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Cashmere Gate - Delhi], 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 25.6 x 30.5 cm ; 10 1/10 x 12 in .

964:0369:0042 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Ruins in India]., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 24.8 x 30.4 cm ; 9 4/5 x 12 in .

964:0369:0043 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Crow's Nest Battery, Dehli., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 25.7 x 30 cm ; 10 1/10 x 11 4/5 in .

964:0369:0044 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). The Walls of Delhi, after the siege., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 25.5 x 30.7 cm ; 10 x 12 1/10 in .

964:0369:0045 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Delhi [a.k.a., Sammy house, and Showing the Bones of Sepoys killed in Action, Delhi]., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 25.5 x 30.5 cm ; 10 x 12 in .

964:0369:0046 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Ruins of a palace in India]., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 24 x 30.2 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 9/10 in .

964:0369:0047 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Ruins of the Old Bank, Delhi., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 26.5 x 32.5 cm ; 10 2/5 x 12 4/5 in .

964:0369:0048 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). General Wheeler’s Entrenchment, Cawnpore., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 25.8 x 31 cm ; 10 1/5 x 12 1/5 in .

964:0369:0049 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Gallows on which two of the King of Delhi's sons were hanged for having taken part in the murder of the English residents at Delhi at the commencement of the mutiny in May 1857], 1857. Albumen print, 23.8 x 28.2 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 1/10 in .

964:0369:0050 -- unidentified photographer. English officers & Sikh in campaigning costume., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print with applied color, 23.8 x 29.7 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 7/10 in .

964:0369:0051 -- Robertson & Beato. My Quarters at Malta - 1855., 1855. Albumen print, 25.1 x 31.1 cm ; 9 9/10 x 12 1/5 in .

964:0369:0052 -- unidentified photographer. Depot of the 88th at Colchester [group portrait of 3 military officers]., circa 1856-1857. Albumen print, 15 x 22.4 cm ; 5 9/10 x 8 4/5 in .

964:0369:0053 -- unidentified photographer. [Group portrait of five men, two in uniform and three in plain clothes, taken at Colchester]., circa 1856-1857. Albumen print, 15.5 x 22.4 cm ; 6 1/10 x 8 4/5 in .

964:0369:0054 -- unidentified photographer. [Group portrait of six men, two seated and four standing]., circa 1856-1857. Albumen print, 15 x 22.4 cm ; 5 9/10 x 8 4/5 in .

964:0369:0055 -- unidentified photographer. At Colchester [group portrait of five military officers]., circa 1856-1857. Albumen print, 14.5 x 21.5 cm ; 5 7/10 x 8 1/2 in .

964:0369:0056 -- unidentified photographer. Major-General Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale., circa 1856-1857. Albumen print, 22.6 x 17.2 cm ; 8 9/10 x 6 4/5 in .

964:0369:0057 -- unidentified photographer. [Seated military officer at Colchester]., circa 1856-1857. Albumen print, 22.5 x 19.5 cm ; 8 9/10 x 7 7/10 in .

964:0369:0058 -- unidentified photographer. [Depot of the 88th at Colchester Barracks], circa 1856-1857. Albumen print, 14.7 x 22.4 cm ; 5 4/5 x 8 4/5 in .

964:0369:0059 -- unidentified photographer. Barracks at Colchester., circa 1856-1857. Albumen print, 14.6 x 22.2 cm ; 5 7/10 x 8 7/10 in .

964:0369:0060 -- unidentified photographer. [Group portrait of 12 military officers and two well-dressed men] at Colchester., circa 1856-1857. Albumen print, 16.9 x 21.9 cm ; 6 7/10 x 8 3/5 in .

964:0369:0061 -- unidentified photographer. [Group portrait of nine men, two of which are in uniform,] at Colchester., circa 1856-1857. Albumen print, 16 x 22.4 cm ; 6 3/10 x 8 4/5 in .

964:0369:0062 -- Robertson, James (1805 - 1889). Panorama of Lucknow., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 192 x 24.2 cm ; 75 3/5 x 9 1/2 in .

964:0369:0063 -- unidentified photographer. [Group portrait of 21 men, several holding cricket bats]., circa 1857-1858. Albumen print, 20.1 x 23.7 cm ; 7 9/10 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0369:0064 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of 23 military officers seated and standing around a table]., circa 1857-1858. Albumen print, 15 x 22.7 cm ; 5 9/10 x 8 9/10 in .

964:0369:0065 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of 23 military officers seated and standing around a table]., circa 1857-1858. Albumen print, 15.2 x 24.4 cm ; 6 x 9 3/5 in .

964:0369:0066 -- unidentified photographer. [Portrait of a military troop with band members seated in front], circa 1858-1859. Albumen print, 20 x 24.9 cm ; 7 9/10 x 9 4/5 in .

964:0369:0067 -- unidentified photographer. [Landscape photograph with view of military tent camp]., circa 1857-1858. Albumen print, 20.2 x 26.3 cm ; 8 x 10 2/5 in .

964:0369:0068 -- unidentified photographer. Moree Bastion, Delhi, or The Great Breach, Delhi., circa 1857-1858. Albumen print, image: 16.7 x 20.3 cm ; 6 3/5 x 8 in .

964:0369:0069 -- unidentified photographer. View of the walls of Delhi, near the "Great Breach.", circa 1857-1858. Albumen print, image: 16.7 x 21.9 cm ; 6 3/5 x 8 3/5 in .

964:0369:0070 -- unidentified photographer. Masjid of [Rochun?] Al Dowlat and [Kotewabre?], on the Chabootra., circa 1857-1858. Albumen print, image: 15.7 x 21.3 cm ; 6 1/5 x 8 2/5 in .

964:0369:0071 -- unidentified photographer. The Memorial Cross at Shahjehanpore to those massacred at Shahjehanpore in 1857., circa 1857-1858. Albumen print, 19.5 x 25 cm ; 7 7/10 x 9 4/5 in .

964:0369:0072 -- unidentified photographer. Kootub Minar [sic, Qutab Minor]., circa 1857-1858. Albumen print, image: 16.4 x 21.4 cm ; 6 1/2 x 8 2/5 in .

See Also:

Felice Beato Photography Collection

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