Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
OSCAR MALLITTE (1829-1905)
Hut, Chatham Island, Port Cornwallis
Dec 1857Jan 1858Albumen print | 20.7 x 16.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2935010
Photograph of a shelter made from tree branches on pebbly ground near to a coastline. The shelter is built underneath a tree whose branches frame the composition.
Oscar Mallitte was part of a British survey party to the Andaman Islands (off the east coast of India) which was tasked with establishing a penal colony for Indian convicts. The party, led by Frederic John Mouat, a British surgeon, landed at Port Cornwallis on 11 December 1857.
Oscar Mallitte was part of a British survey party to the Andaman Islands (off the east coast of India) which was tasked with establishing a penal colony for Indian convicts. The party, led by Frederic John Mouat, a British surgeon, landed at Port Cornwallis on 11 December 1857.
Creator(s)
Oscar Mallitte (1829-1905) (photographer)
20.7 x 16.2 cm (image)
32.8 x 28.7 cm (mount)
Native Hut, Chatham Island. Port Cornwallis
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1858, probably from Lady Canning
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Places
- Asia
- India
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- India
- Asia
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
