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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Still Prints of Asia: Waterfall, Nilgiri & View of part of Ootacamund (Goty) Nilgiris
Summary
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1999.24
- Creators:
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Penn, A.T.W. (Albert Thomas Watson), 1849-1924
- Dates:
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circa 1860s
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Printalbumenimage 23 x 29 cm., mounted 31 x 40 cm.
- Repository:
- Container:
- 2
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Two albumen prints of the Waterfall, Nilgiri & View of part of Ootacamund (Ooty) Nilgiris.
Arrangement
Arrangement
One folder in one flat box.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Albert Thomas Watson Penn, who was one of the pioneering photographers of South India. A.T.W. Penn left home in England before he was twelve and had started work as a photographer in the hill station of Ootacamund in the Nilgiri Hills by 1865. Penn was a pioneer photographer of the Nilgiris.
Biographical / Historical
These photographs depict a Waterfall, Nilgiri & View of part of Ootacamund (Goty) Nilgiris
Administration
Custodial History
Purchased, 1998.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
FSA A1999.24
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| India | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Nilgiri Hills, India | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Albumen prints -- 1860-1880 | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Repository Contact
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Washington, D.C. 20013
AVRreference@si.edu
