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SACHE, BAKER AND BOURNE Album of 76 views of India by W.H. Baker (14), Samuel Bourne (8), John Saché (26), and others; and 31 photographic views of England and Scotland, [1860s/70s] image 1
SACHE, BAKER AND BOURNE Album of 76 views of India by W.H. Baker (14), Samuel Bourne (8), John Saché (26), and others; and 31 photographic views of England and Scotland, [1860s/70s] image 2
SACHE, BAKER AND BOURNE Album of 76 views of India by W.H. Baker (14), Samuel Bourne (8), John Saché (26), and others; and 31 photographic views of England and Scotland, [1860s/70s] image 3
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SACHE, BAKER AND BOURNE
Album of 76 views of India by W.H. Baker (14), Samuel Bourne (8), John Saché (26), and others; and 31 photographic views of England and Scotland, [1860s/70s]

14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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SACHE, BAKER AND BOURNE

Album of 76 views of India by W.H. Baker (14), Samuel Bourne (8), John Saché (26), and others; and 31 photographic views of England and Scotland, mostly albumen prints, mounted recto and verso mostly one or 2 per page, images 210 x 280mm. and smaller, fine contemporary Anglo-Indian carved ebony binding, the covers and rounded spine elaborately tooled with all-over design of flowers and stems (old crack to spine), the insides of panels with similar (but more "Arabesque" geometrical) design, upper cover hinged revealing a further limp morocco upper cover lettered ("Indian and Other Photographs") in gilt, oblong folio ( 290 x 370mm.), [1860s/70s]

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Finely presented album in a stunning carved ebony Anglo-Indian binding, containing views in India, including of Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Sikandra, Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, and Nainital and mountain regions (lakes, bridges, views towards the Himalayas, including 2 two-part panoramas), many by Bourne, Baker and Saché. One slightly later two-part panorama, signed "D.D." (?Deen Dayal), is centred on the Palace at Jaipur. There are 2 group portraits, and three smaller portraits but none of the sitters are identified.

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