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Polar II; India and Beyond, Travel and Photography

Session: India

London, Knightsbridge
4 Dec 2012, session starting at 11:00 GMT
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BOURNE (SAMUEL) A large album of 175 views, [c.1870]
Sold for £12,500 inc. premium
BOURNE (SAMUEL) A large album of 175 views, [c.1870]
NAINITAL MURRAY (JOHN) A group of 9 negatives of topographical views in Nainital, [c.1858] (9)
Sold for £6,750 inc. premium
NAINITAL MURRAY (JOHN) A group of 9 negatives of topographical views in Nainital, [c.1858] (9)
INDIAN PRINCES Princes and Chiefs of India, a collection of 74 portraits of princely rulers of India, [1903]
Sold for £5,000 inc. premium
PRINCELY RULERS Princes and Chiefs of India, a collection of 74 portraits of princely rulers of India, [1903]
RICH (EDMUND TILLOTSON) A very good archive representing the military career of Edmund Rich (1874-1937), an officer of the Royal Engineers and surveyor, mostly on the North-West Frontier and in Burma (at first in conjunction with the Survey of India and latterly as one of its directors), also relating to survey in South Persia during World War I, and with the British forces in Southern Russia in 1919, comprising a series of photographs albums, loose photographs, autograph letters, orders, draft reports, maps ephemera, etc., together with a small quantity of photographs, letters and documents relating to Rich's ancestors, those of his wife Aileen Owen (d.1918), and their son (quantity)
Sold for £3,750 inc. premium
RICH (EDMUND TILLOTSON) A very good archive representing the military career of Edmund Rich (1874-1937), an officer of the Royal ...

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AGRA View of the Ladies' Tower from the bank of the Jumna by John Murray, c.1858-1862
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AGRA MURRAY (JOHN) View of the Ladies' Tower from the bank of the Jumna, [c.1860]
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AGRA View of the Gateway to the Taj Mahal by John Murray, c.1858-1862
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AGRA MURRAY (JOHN) View of the Gateway to the Taj Mahal
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BEATO (FELICE) The Taj Mahal from the bank of the Jumna, c.1858-1859
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AGRA BEATO (FELICE) The Taj Mahal from the bank of the Jumna
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AGRA 'The Taj from the Paper Works', by John Murray, c.1857
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AGRA MURRAY (JOHN) 'The Taj from the Paper Works', [c.1857]
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AGRA View of the Medical School by John Murray, c.1856
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AGRA MURRAY (JOHN) A view of the Medical School
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£300 - 500
€350 - 580
US$ 450 - 750
AGRA Distant view of the Taj Mahal, with a carriage in the foreground, by John Murray, c.1858-1862
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AGRA MURRAY (JOHN) A distant view of the Taj Mahal, with a carriage in the foreground, [c.1860]
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AGRA Five views of the banks of the Jumna Tomb of Itmad ud Daulah by John Murray, 1850s
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AGRA MURRAY (JOHN) A group of 4 negatives of the banks of the Jumna and the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah, [c.1855] (5)
Sold for £687 inc. premium
AGRA General view of the Taj Mahal by John Murray, c.1858-1862
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AGRA MURRAY (JOHN) General view of the Taj Mahal
Sold for £2,250 inc. premium
AGRA Palm trees near the Taj Mahal by John Murray, c.1858-1862
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AGRA MURRAY (JOHN) Palm trees near the Taj Mahal, [c.1860]
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£150 - 300
€180 - 350
US$ 230 - 450
AGRA Ruins near the Taj Mahal by John Murray, c.1858-1862
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AGRA MURRAY (JOHN) Ruins near the Taj Mahal
Estimate:
£700 - 900
€820 - 1,100
US$ 1,100 - 1,400
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