Record of historical events
Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
OSCAR MALLITTE (1829-1905)
Implements and weapons of the Andaman Islanders
Dec 1857Jan 1858Albumen print laid down on card | 20.4 x 16.2 cm (print) (image) | RCIN 2935003.a
Photographs of implements and weapons as used by the Andaman Islanders, piled against a reed wall.
Queen Victoria maintained a keen interest in India throughout her life. In the late 1850s, she corresponded with the wife of the Viceroy of India, Lady Canning, formerly the Queen’s Lady of the Bedchamber and an accomplished watercolourist. Lady Canning sent the Queen examples of work from India to the Queen, including a set of eleven views from the Andaman Islands.
Queen Victoria maintained a keen interest in India throughout her life. In the late 1850s, she corresponded with the wife of the Viceroy of India, Lady Canning, formerly the Queen’s Lady of the Bedchamber and an accomplished watercolourist. Lady Canning sent the Queen examples of work from India to the Queen, including a set of eleven views from the Andaman Islands.
Creator(s)
Oscar Mallitte (1829-1905) (photographer)
20.4 x 16.2 cm (print) (image)
33.5 x 28.9 cm (mount) (mount)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1858
Subject(s)
- Places
- Asia
- India
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Port Cornwallis [Andaman Islands]
- Barren Island [Andaman Island]
- Labyrinth Islands
- Port Blair [Andaman Islands]
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- India
- Asia
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Earth sciences
- Geology
- Volcanoes
- Geology
- Earth sciences
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Physiography
- Beaches
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
