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OSCAR MALLITTE (1829-1905)
Ross Island, Port Blair
Dec 1857Jan 1858Albumen print | 16.0 x 21.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2935011
Photograph of a beach with the sea lapping onto a pebbly shore. Trees in the background.
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)
16.0 x 21.0 cm (image)
28.8 x 33.2 cm (mount)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1858, probably from Lady Canning
Subject(s)
- Places
- Asia
- India
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Port Blair [Andaman Islands]
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- India
- Physiography
- Beaches
- Asia
- Places
