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PENN (A.T.W., photographer) "Nilgiri Album", INSCRIBED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S WIFE, [printed before 1909]
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PENN (A.T.W., photographer)
Footnotes
Albert T.W. Penn (1849-1924) set up his first studio at Ootacamund in 1875, after which he operated his photography business until his return to England in 1912. In his obituary the The South of India Observer (25 Nov. 1924) noted that no other artist, past or current "can hope to excel in composition, balance, tone, and all that makes a beautiful picture, than the classic efforts of this pioneer of the Nilgiris".
Subjects include Ootacamund/Ooty (16, including general view from Church Hill, the lakes, race course, golf course, Churches, and the "Umbrella Tree"), Coonoor and railway bridges (5), Toda peoples and huts (2), river, waterfalls and cloudy mountain scenes in Nilgiri (5). The album includes images taken by Penn in the early 1900s such as those of the Nilgiri railway (c.1902), but also some of his "classic" images such as the monumental "Umbrella Tree" and the Toda family.
Provenance: Gift inscription dated 1909 by Penn's wife Elizabeth (whom he married at Ooty in 1870).

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