Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Tribe, Walter Harry, 1832-1909
Title:
Diaries of Walter Harry Tribe describing travels in northern India.
Published / Created:
India, 1869-1893.
Physical Description:
10 volumes : illustrations ; 10 x 16 cm, or smaller
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Walter Harry Tribe (1832-1909) lived and traveled for many years in northern India serving with the Ecclesiastical Division of the Territorial Regiments as a Senior Chaplain. Born in 1832 in Oxfordshire, he was educated at Wadham College, Oxford. His early years and lineage are little known. He was ordained in 1857, and after a Curacy at Broughton, Hampshire, he became the Rector of Stockbridge in 1860. He was appointed Chaplain at the Calcutta Ecclesiastical Establishment in 1867. He served as the Archdeacon of Lahore from 1885 to 1892.
Subject Terms:
Tribe, Walter Harry, 1832–1909. | Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army. | British -- India. | Caste -- India. | Monuments -- India. | Temples -- India. | India -- Description and travel. | India -- Religion.
Form/Genre:
Diaries. | Drawings. | Watercolors (visual works)