Lot 327
VIEWS and PORTRAITS
A pair of albums of views and portraits in North India
4 October 2011, 10:30 BST
KnightsbridgeSold for £1,187.50 inc. premium
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VIEWS and PORTRAITS
A pair of albums of views and portraits in North India, mostly albumen prints (some silver gelatin), many captioned and signed in the negative by Bourne (8), Bourne & Shepherd (10), Herzog & Higgins (at least 3) and T.A. Rust (5), captioned in manuscript on the mounts, most mounted one per page and back to back, typically 210 x 275mm., contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, oblong folio (275 x 385mm.), [c.1885]
Footnotes
Including: views in Benares, Calcutta, Darleeling, Simla, Lucknow, Etawah, Bombay, Mount Abu, Sarkhej, Jaipur, Agra, Sikri and Delhi, with additional scenes of Indian swordsmanship, wrestling and a festival on the banks of the Ganges.