The Lockwood Kipling Album: An album of photographs of Amritsar, Lahore and other sites in India compiled by John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) Signed and dated Lahore, 1888


containing approximately 120 photographs, laid down on to album pages with annotations and sketches by Kipling, a hand written list of contents by Kipling, the front flyleaf signed and dated J.L. Kipling Lahore 1888, the album with half calf over cloth boards bound by Shamus Din, Lahore, with modern fitted box the album 37 x 28 cm.; the largest photograph 300 x 213 mm.
|ProvenanceJohn Lockwood Kipling.Joseph Harris, founder of Salisbury Art College, to whom the album was given by Kipling.Acquired from Joseph Harris' great grandson, by a former owner.Private UK Collection.ExhibitedJohn Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 14 January - 2 April, 2017; Bard Gallery, U.S.A., 15 September, 2017-7 January, 2018.PublishedJulius Bryant and Susan Weber [Eds.], John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London, New York 2017, cat. 137; figs 8.1, 15.4.John Lockwood Kipling was an artist, curator and school administrator who promoted and documented traditional Indian architecture and arts and crafts in a period when they were at risk from an increase in British imports to the country. His inspiration to become an artist came from a visit at the age of thirteen to the Great Exhibition of 1851, where some of the treasures from the Lahore Toshakhana, including the famous Koh-i-noor diamond, were on display. After an apprenticeship as a designer and modeller at one of the Staffordshire potteries and serving as assistant to the architectural sculptor John Birnie Philip in London, he moved to the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) to assist Godfrey Sykes in modelling much of the terracotta for the new building. His contribution there is commemorated in a mosaic panel of 1868 over the original entrance to the museum in which he is depicted in procession immediately behind the museum's director, its architect and Sykes (see Julius Bryant and Susan Weber [Eds.], John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London, New York, 2017, p. 39.). His wedding in 1865 was attended by some of the most important artists of the time including Edward Burne-Jones and Ford Madox Brown, and in the same year he travelled with his new wife to Bombay to take a position teaching ceramics and architectural sculpture at the Sir Jamsejee Jeejeebhoy School of Art. Their son Rudyard was born that December. During his time in Bombay he contributed to the architectural decoration of many buildings including the fountain in Crawford Market. He received various commissions from the Indian Government to travel and make documentary drawings of local craft industries and his pen and ink studies were exhibited along with sample wares at international exhibitions in London (1871), Vienna (1873) and Paris (1878). In 1880 they went on display in the new India section of the South Kensington Museum and remain in the collection there. (For an example depicting carpet weavers in Amritsar dated 1870 see Susan Strong (Ed.) The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, London, 1999, p. 119). From 1875 until his retirement in 1893 he served as principal of the Mayo School of Art (now the National College of Arts, Pakistan) and curator of the Lahore Central Museum, a role in which he was immortalised as the 'keeper of the Images of the Wonder House' by Rudyard Kipling in Kim (1901). It was during this period that this album was compiled and it includes photographs of the school (nos. 136a, 136d) and museum (no. 136c). In 1877 he designed banners and other decorations for the Delhi Durbar. He also undertook important private commissions in England including a billiard room for the Duke of Connaught at Bagshot Park, Surrey (no. 159) which led directly to a commission by Queen Victoria for the Durbar Room at Osborne in 1890. In 1893 he retired and returned to England where he illustrated several of his son's publications.This album gives a fascinating insight into India, particularly the Punjab, in the last quarter of the 19th century and contains images by known photographers such as Samuel Bourne and Lala Deen Dayal, but also by a number of unidentified local photographers and amateur hands. Highlights include high quality images of Amritsar and Lahore, as well as a number of photos which relate closely to Kipling and provide an interesting snapshot into this period of his life. Images of heavily ornamented architecture demonstrate his appreciataion of minute decoration, whilst photographs of his own commissions, such as the billiard room at Bagshot Park, show the result of their influence. A fascinating group depicting the interior of the New York Residence of fellow supporter of Indian arts and crafts, Lockwood de Forest, remind us of their friendship which resulted in an exhibition of works by the Ahmadabad Woodcarving Company at the Lahore Museum in 1881. It is also interesting to see handwritten annotations and some small sketches on the pages, as well as a numbered list in Kipling's hand describing the photos bound within the album.List of photographs:1. Lahore, Bazaar, painted and carved window, albumen print, 245 x 237 mm, page inscribed 1 / Lahore / Bazzar Hatta / vide p 1252. Lahore, Bazaar, carved house fronts, albumen print, 269 x 215 mm, page inscribed 2 / Lahore3. Lahore city view, donkeys, people, grain sellers, shops, albumen print, 80 x 147 mm, page inscribed 3 / Lahore4. Lahore, Bazaar near Kotwali, albumen print, 224 x 203 mm, page inscribed 4 / near kotwali Lahore5. Lahore, Bazaar, new shop Delhi Gate, albumen print, 260 x 240 mm, page inscribed 5 / Lahore / new shop6. Lahore, Bazaar from Wazir Khan's Mosque towards Kotwali, albumen print, 185 x 160 mm, page inscribed 6 / Lahore7. Lahore, Shah Almi Gate, albumen print, 204 x 250 mm, page inscribed 7 / Lahore city / Shah almi / gate8. Lahore, Bazaar, crowds, albumen print, 188 x 250 mm, page inscribed 8 / Lahore9. Lahore, Bazaar, window, albumen print, 228 x 235 mm, page inscribed 9 / Lahore10. Lahore, Bazaar, albumen print, 203 x 195 mm, page inscribed 1011. Lahore, near Mochi Gate, Shalimar Gardens, albumen print, 231 x 244 mm, page inscribed 11 / near Mochi Gate / Lahore12. blank page13. Lahore, Shalimar Gardens, albumen print, 212 x 270 mm, page inscribed 13 / Lahore / Shalimar / Gardens14. blank page15. Lahore, Wazir Khan Mosque, albumen print, 263 x 232 mm, page inscribed 15 / Lahore / Wazir Khan's mosque, small drawing16. blank page17. page inscribed 17 / Bombay / Jamna / Portuguese silk winding18. blank page19. page inscribed 19 / Lahore Jail20. blank page21. page inscribed 21 / Lahore Jail / Dari weaving22. Amritsar, The Golden Temple, albumen print, photographer's reference 439, 210 x 276 cm, page inscribed Durbar Sahib. Amritsar / Durbar Sahib / Amritsar23. Amritsar, entrance to The Golden Temple, albumen print, photographer's reference 442, 205 x 273 mm, page inscribed 23 / Durbar Sahib / amritsar / Durbar Sahib. (Golden Temple) / Amritsar 24. Amritsar, The Akal Bunga, albumen print, photographer's reference 437, 209 x 272 mm, page inscribed Akhalboonga Amritsar25. Amritsar, Baba Atal Temple, albumen print, photographer's reference 441, 208 x 267 mm, page inscribed 25 / Baba Atal Amritsar26. Amritsar, panorama, albumen print, photographer's reference 436, 207 x 270 mm, page inscribed Amritsar27. Lahore, Anarkali Garden, albumen print, photographer's reference 509, 206 x 275 mm, page inscribed 27 Anarkali Garden Lahore28. Palm trees, Shaldera Road, albumen print, 200 x 136 mm 29. Lahore, view from the fort, albumen print, photographer's reference 504, 268 x 209 mm, page inscribed 29 / view from fort Lahore30. Lahore, Badshahi Mosque gateway, albumen print, photographer's reference 516, 275 x 204 mm, page inscribed Jammia Masjid / Lahore31. Lahore, Huzuri Bagh, albumen print, photographer's reference 514, 208 x 271 mm, page inscribed 31 / Huzoori Bagh / Lahore32. Lahore, Badshahi Mosque, albumen print, photographer's reference 502, 205 x 273 mm, page inscribed Badshahi Mosque Lahore33. Lahore, Badshahi Mosque, albumen print, photographer's reference 500, 207 x 272 mm, page inscribed 33 / Badshahi Mosque Lahore, small drawing34. Lahore, Naulakka Pavilion, Lahore Fort, albumen print, 139 x 202 mm, page inscribed naulakka / Lahore fort35. Lahore, Shish Mahal, Lahore Fort, albumen print, photographer's reference 506, 200 x 272 mm, page inscribed 35 / Shish Mahal (Hall of mirrors) / Lahore fort 36. Lahore, Wazir Khan Mosque, albumen print, 208 x 280 mm, page inscribed Court of mosque of Wazir Khan Lahore37. Lahore, Wazir Khan Mosque, albumen print, 209 X 276 cm, page inscribed 37 / Lahore from Wazir Khan's mosque38. Unidentified mausoleum, albumen print, 180 x 245 cm 39. Rajputana or Gujarat, gateway, albumen print, 264 x 208 mm, page inscribed 3940. Simla, post office, albumen print, photographer's reference 274, 203 x 274 mm, page inscribed Post Office / Simla41. Lahore, building near Shalimar Gardens, albumen print, 205 x 275 mm, page inscribed 41 / near Shalimar Lahore42. Lahore, man in a window, halftone with handwritten annotations, 253 x210 mm43. A screen, albumen print, 133 x 92 mm, page inscribed 4344. New York, interior of Lockwood de Forest's house, albumen print, 187 x 238 mm 45. Khajuraho, Vishvanatha Temple, albumen print by Lala Deen Dayal, photographer's reference D.D. 1441, 190 x 254 mm, page inscribed 45 / Khajurhao46. blank page47. Rajputana, temple, albumen print, 262 x 192 mm, page inscribed 4748. New York, interior of Lockwood de Forest's house, albumen print, 187 x 238 mm 49. New York, Lockwood de Forest's house, sideboard, 2 albumen prints, 94 x 63 mm; 92 x 64 mm, page inscribed 4950. New York, interior of Lockwood de Forest's house, albumen print, 186 x 239 mm51. page inscribed 5152. New York, interior of Lockwood de Forest's house, albumen print, 188 x 239 mm53. New York, interior of Lockwood de Forest's house, albumen print, 187 x 238 mm, page inscribed 53 / in mr Lockwood de Forest's house / New York54. Lahore, Punjab Government College, albumen print, 152 x 202 mm, page inscribed Punjab Government College / Lahore55. Lahore, Anarkali Garden, albumen print, 160 x 215 mm, page inscribed 55 / Anarkali Garden / Lahore56. Lahore, carved window, halftone, 196 x 205 mm, page inscribed Lahore57. Lahore, street view, albumen print, 198 x 150 mm, page inscribed 57 / Lahore58. Lahore, Tomb of Anarkali, albumen print, 144 x 205 mm, page inscribed Anarkali's Tomb. Lahore / (did duty as a Christian Church)59. Delhi, Iron Pillar, Qutb complex, Woodburytype by Samuel Bourne, photographer's reference 1376, 144 x 177 mm, page inscribed 5960. Lahaul, house, albumen print, 138 x 200 mm, page inscribed Lahoul61. Sirhind, ruins, albumen print, 210 x 270 mm, page inscribed 61 / La Sirhind62. Lahore, Rutton Singh's Tank, albumen print, 148 x 198 mm, page inscribed 62 / Lahore 75 / Rutton Singh's tank63. Jaipur, Tripolia Gate, albumen print, photographer's reference 149, captioned in negative, 192 x 268 mm, page inscribed 63 / Jeypore64. Lahore, The Punjab Public Library, albumen print, 137 x 190 mm, page inscribed Lahore65. Shimla, street view, albumen print, photographer's reference 281, 204 x 274 mm, page inscribed 65 / Simla66. Lahore, Shahdara Bagh, gateway, albumen print, 138 x 197 mm, page inscribed Shahdera / Lahore67. Lahore, Hazuri Bagh, gelatin silver print, 203 x 270 mm, page inscribed 67 / Huzoori Bagh / Lahore / XX p 3168. Lahore, Government House, albumen print, 154 x 205 mm, page inscribed Kushti Goombaz / Govt. House Lahore69. Lahore, Wazir Khan Mosque, gelatin silver print, 208 x 273 mm, page inscribed 69 / Wazir Khan's Mosque Lahore / 1570. Lahore, Rutton Singh's Tank, albumen print, 142 X 195 mm, page inscribed 70 / and at 62. 7571. Lahore, street view outside Wazir Khan Mosque, gelatin silver print, 207 x 273 mm, page inscribed 71 / Ghauk Wazir Khan / Lahore72. blank page73. Lahore, the Zamzana Gun, 2 gelatin silver prints, 207 x 272 mm; 72 x 97 mm, page inscribed 73 / The Gun Zumzana / Lahore74. Lahore, unidentified building, gelatin silver print, 78 x 98 mm; Jahangir's Mausoleum, halftone 9.2 x 10.7 cm, page inscribed 74 / Lahore75. Lahore, Rutton Singh's Tank, gelatin silver print, 202 x 270 mm, page inscribed 75 / Rutton Singh's Tank XX 62-70 / Lahore76. Lahore, Chajju da Chaubara, platinum print, 210 x 162 mm, page inscribed Small brick / shrine – Chubara of Chujju Bhagat / see opposite page77. Lahore, Chajju da Chaubara, albumen print, 206 x 272 mm, page inscribed 77 / Chubara of Ghajju Bhagat78. blank page, some drawings79. Lahore, Hindu temple, albumen print, 205 x 272 mm, page inscribed 79 / Lahore80. Lahore, Aitchison College, albumen print, 134 x 187 mm, page inscribed 8081. Lahore, Aitchison College, gelatin silver print, 206 x 205 mm, page inscribed 81 / Aitchison / (Chiefs') College / Lahore82. blank page83. Lahore, unidentified tomb, gelatin silver print, 206 x 273 mm, page inscribed 83 / Lahore84. blank page85. Lahore, Tomb of Asif Khan, albumen print, 253 x 213 mm, page inscribed 85 / Tomb of Asof Jah / Shahdera / Lahore86. page inscribed South Head / Sydney95. Lahore, Sardar Jahan Masjid, albumen print and silver print, 114 x 156 mm; 126 x 170 mm, page inscribed 95 / Unfinished brick mosque / Mozung Lahore, small drawing96. Shimla, street view, albumen print, 214 x 280 mm, page inscribed Simla97. Shimla, street view, albumen print, photographer's reference 278, 211 x 277 mm, page inscribed 97 / Simla98. Unidentified tomb, albumen print, 277 x 205 mm99. Lahore, Wazir Khan Mosque, albumen print, 213 x 300 mm, page inscribed 99 / Photographed and presented by Rai Bahadur Kunhya Lal C.E. S.C. Engr. L. Division / Wazir Khan's Mosque Lahore)101. Delhi, Qutb complex, albumen print, 290 x 242 mm, page inscribed 101 / Delhi102. blank page103. Peshwar, the mission church, 3 albumen prints, 91 x 108 mm; 88 x 112 mm; 98 x 152 mm; Lahore, 2 albumen prints, 75 x 95 mm; 75 x 100 mm, page inscribed 103 / Mozung Lahore / Mission church Peshawar 104. Lahore, Shalimar Gardens, albumen print, 139 x 195 mm, page inscribed Shalimar Garden Lahore105. Lahore, Shalimar Gardens, albumen print, 136 x 212 mm, page inscribed Shalimar Garden Lahore106. Delhi, Qutb complex, interior of the colonnade, Woodburytype attributed to Samuel Bourne, 142 x 175 mm, page inscribed Delhi107. Delhi, the Red Fort, Hall of Audience, Woodburytype attributed to Samuel Bourne, 139 x 175 mm, page inscribed Delhi108. blank page109. Delhi, the Red Fort, Moti Masjid, Woodburytype by Samuel Bourne, photographer's reference 1351, 145 x 173 mm, page inscribed Delhi110. blank page111. Delhi, Humayan's Tomb, Woodburytype attributed to Samuel Bourne, 137 x 174 mm, page inscribed Delhi112. blank page112a. Delhi, Kashmir Gate, Woodburytype attributed to Samuel Bourne, 137 x 185 mm, page inscribed Delhi113. Delhi, the Jama Masjid, the Qutb Minar, the Chandni-Chowk, the Kashmir gate, 4 halftones, 136 x 184 mm; 110 x 145 mm; 147 x 107 mm; 92 x 116 mm; 84 x 112 mm, page inscribed 113114. Amritsar, The Golden Temple, albumen print, 15.6 x 13.2 cm115. Delhi, Qutb Minar, Woodburytype by Samuel Bourne, photographer's reference 1370, 174 x 179 mm, page inscribed 115116. blank page117. Lahore, street view, albumen print, 274 x 232 mm, page inscribed 117 / Lahore118. Lahore, Chief Court and Lord Lawrence statue, albumen print, photographer's reference 507, 154 x 273 mm, page inscribed Lahore Chief Court / Lord Lawrence Statue119. Lahore, Chief Court and Lord Lawrence statue, albumen print, photographer's reference 503, 172 x 274 mm, page inscribed Chief Court Lahore / Boehm's Lawrence Statue120. blank page121. Allahabad, Public Library, albumen print, 202 x 287 mm, page inscribed 121 / allahabad122. halftone page depicting paintings of India, Egypt and England, 298 x 228 mm123. page inscribed 123 / Public Library / Lahore / XX 64 – and small drawing124. blank page125. Lahore, window overlooking bazaar, albumen print, 290 x 242 mm, page inscribed 125 / Lahore / vide p 1.126. blank page127. Lahore, lady at window, albumen print, 290 x 231 mm, page inscribed 127 / Lahore128. blank page129. Amritsar, The Golden Temple, pietra dura inlay, albumen print, captioned in negative, 292 x 240 mm, page inscribed 129130. blank page131. Amritsar, Akal Bunga, Durbar Sahib, albumen print, captioned in negative, 241 x 292 mm, page inscribed 131132. blank page133. Amritsar, City Gate, albumen print, captioned in negative, 234 x 292 mm, page inscribed 133134. Agra, Mausoleum of Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri, Taj Mahal, 3 halftones, 189 x 116 mm; 130 x 142 mm; 112 x 93 mm135. Agra, Baroda, Ajodhya, Babar's Mosque, Taj Mahal, Baroda College, 3 halftones, 220 x 130 mm; 130 x 140 mm; 90 x 115 mm, page inscribed 135136. Unidentified interior and exterior, 2 albumen prints, 143 x 94 mm; 144 x 95 mm136a. Lahore, School of Art, gelatin silver print, 154 x 201 mm, page inscribed School of Art / Lahore136b. Sydney, Post Office, albumen print by Charles Bayliss, photographer's blind stamp, 154 x 200 mm, page inscribed Post Office / Sydney N.S.W.136c. Lahore, New Museum, albumen print, 133 x 194 mm, page inscribed New Museum Lahore / 5, small drawing136d. Lahore, School of Art, albumen print, 154 x 201 mm, page inscribed 93 / School of Art / Lahore / (4)137. Unidentified interior, albumen print, 149 x 106 mm, page inscribed 137138. (blank page)139. (blank page)140. (blank page)141. (blank page)142. (blank page)143. (blank page)144. (blank page)145. (blank page)146. (blank page)147. (blank page)148. (blank page)149. (blank page)150. (blank page)151. (blank page)152. (blank page)153. (blank page)154. (blank page)155. (blank page)156. (blank page)157. (blank page)158. Bagshot Park, mantelpiece, albumen print, 170 x 130 mm, page inscribed mantel-piece / Bagshot Park159. Bagshot Park, billiard room, albumen print, 192 x 264 mm, page inscribed Billiard room Bagshot Park160. (blank page)161. (blank page)162. (blank page)163. Unidentified street view, albumen print, 185 x 106 mm 164. (blank page)165. (blank page)166. (blank page)167. (blank page)168. (blank page)169. (blank page)170. (blank page)171. (blank page)172. (blank page)173. (blank page)174. (blank page)175. (blank page)176. (blank page)177. Lahore, Punjab Government College, albumen print, photographer's reference 520, 274 x 206 mm