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INDORE, MADHYA PRADESH - HENRY DALY A good collection of approximately 41 views of Indore (2 signed by Deen Dyal), Maharajah group portraits, Kabul (5 signed in negative by John Burke), and others, mostly 1870s (group) image 1
INDORE, MADHYA PRADESH - HENRY DALY A good collection of approximately 41 views of Indore (2 signed by Deen Dyal), Maharajah group portraits, Kabul (5 signed in negative by John Burke), and others, mostly 1870s (group) image 2
INDORE, MADHYA PRADESH - HENRY DALY A good collection of approximately 41 views of Indore (2 signed by Deen Dyal), Maharajah group portraits, Kabul (5 signed in negative by John Burke), and others, mostly 1870s (group) image 3
INDORE, MADHYA PRADESH - HENRY DALY A good collection of approximately 41 views of Indore (2 signed by Deen Dyal), Maharajah group portraits, Kabul (5 signed in negative by John Burke), and others, mostly 1870s (group) image 4
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INDORE, MADHYA PRADESH - HENRY DALY
A good collection of approximately 41 views of Indore (2 signed by Deen Dyal), Maharajah group portraits, Kabul (5 signed in negative by John Burke), and others, mostly 1870s (group)

14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
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INDORE, MADHYA PRADESH - HENRY DALY

A good collection of approximately 41 views of Indore (2 signed by Deen Dyal), Maharajah group portraits, Kabul (5 signed in negative by John Burke), and others, albumen prints, most mounted on card, the Burkes in an album, a few loose, typically approximately 200 x 270mm., a few smaller, mostly 1870s (group)

Footnotes

Indore images include: 'First Engine at Indore. 10th June 1875' [train pulled by elephant]; 'Indore Residency, C.I.'; 'New Iron Durbar Hall erected by H.H. Maharajah Holkar in honour of... the Prince of Wales' visit to Indore' (this and last signed by Deen Dyal, March 1876, others in series probably also by Dyal); 'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales' Departure from Indore Residency, 9th March 1876'; 'The Investiture Durbar of the 19th January 1878 at Indore Residency' [Daly beneath portrait of Victoria, flanked by Raja of Dewar, Maharajas of Holkar, Dhar, Dewas, etc.]; 'Native Princes studying at the Indore Residency College'; two views of Indore Residency, one with photographer's stamp of Bourne & Shepherd, one with stamp of R. Bhyroolal of Indore. Portrait groups include: 'H.H. the Maharaja of Dattia and Nobles'; 'Maharaja of Bikaneer & his Dewan'; Scindia, c.1878; Maharaja Tookajee Rao Holkare of Indore. The images by John Burke (numbered in negative 102, 164, 178, 190, and 307) include 'General Roberts & Staff at Kabul 1880'; 'The Guide Corps. Kabul, [19]80'; city walls of Kabul, Admsi Heights above Kabul, corner of Sherpur defended by the 5th P.I., and Bemarau village, Sherpur.

Provenance: Sir Henry Dermot Daly (1821-1895), from 1861 until 1871 commander of the Central India horse and political assistant at Angur for western Malwa, when he was appointed agent to the governor-general for central India at Indore, and opium agent in Malwa until his retirement in 1882. Daly College at Indore was named in his honour; Sir Hugh Daly (1860-1939); by family descent to present owner.

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