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INDORE, BANGALORE AND OOTACAMUND - DALY FAMILY Five photography albums relating to the colonial life of the Daly family at Indore, Bangalore, Ootacamund, mostly compiled by Lucy Daly, [c.1908-1918]; and a small bundle loose photographs, including portraits of Sir Henry and Lady Daly (group) image 1
INDORE, BANGALORE AND OOTACAMUND - DALY FAMILY Five photography albums relating to the colonial life of the Daly family at Indore, Bangalore, Ootacamund, mostly compiled by Lucy Daly, [c.1908-1918]; and a small bundle loose photographs, including portraits of Sir Henry and Lady Daly (group) image 2
INDORE, BANGALORE AND OOTACAMUND - DALY FAMILY Five photography albums relating to the colonial life of the Daly family at Indore, Bangalore, Ootacamund, mostly compiled by Lucy Daly, [c.1908-1918]; and a small bundle loose photographs, including portraits of Sir Henry and Lady Daly (group) image 3
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INDORE, BANGALORE AND OOTACAMUND - DALY FAMILY
Five photography albums relating to the colonial life of the Daly family at Indore, Bangalore, Ootacamund, mostly compiled by Lucy Daly, [c.1908-1918]; and a small bundle loose photographs, including portraits of Sir Henry and Lady Daly (group)

14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
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INDORE, BANGALORE AND OOTACAMUND - DALY FAMILY

Five photography albums relating to the colonial life of the Daly family at Indore, Bangalore, Ootacamund, mostly compiled by Lucy Daly, upwards of 500 mostly gelatin silver prints (some platinum, some albumen), mostly mounted between one and 15 per page, images 215 x 290mm., and smaller, original half morocco, cloth or (one) stiff wrappers, oblong 4to and folio, [c.1908-1918]; and a small bundle loose photographs, including portraits of Sir Henry and Lady Daly (group)

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Good albums relating to the colonial life of Sir Hugh Daly and family serving at Indore and Central India. Includes views of Indore and the Residency, Bangalore and surrounding areas of Bhopa, Dewar, Mandu, Barwani, etc. Other subjects include an elephant keddah (c.50), Viceregal visit to Bangalore (1913), good series of hunting and polo tournaments - mostly at Ootacamund (2-part panorama of the racing ground by Willie Burke), bachelor balls, high jinx (man dressed as lion being shot), Maharajah of Mysore and processions, etc.

Two albums were presented to the Daly family by the Maharani of Holkar, one including 48 views of Indore State (all captioned in the negative), the other 22 platinum prints commemorating the visit of Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India to Indore in 1918. All the images in these are taken by Ramchandrarao & Prataprao of Indore.

Provenance: Sir Hugh Daly (1860-1939), Agent to the Governor-General in Central India (1905-1910), and Resident of Mysore (1910-1916), and his daughter Lucy Daly, who in 1914 married William Paget-Tomlinson, 7th Hussars; by family descent to present owner.

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