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21. Photo 20(35)

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Photo 20(35)
Title:
Names: Standing—Mr Claude White. Sitting (from left)—Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk, Major Rennick, Mr Paul [portrait group in Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait taken in the open air at an unidentified location in Bhutan. John Claude White, the photographer, stands at the back of the group. The other three sitters are, seated from left to right: Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk (Maharaja of Bhutan), Major F. W. Rennick (In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 28/2(10)

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Photo 28/2(10)
Title:
The Maharajah of Puttiala, Ministers and Suite. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Maharaja Mahendra Singh (1852-1876), ruled 1870-76, seated centre and surrounded by state officers and chobdars.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 28/2(11)

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Photo 28/2(11)
Title:
The Bahadur of Nepaul and staff. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Maharaja Sir Jang Bahadur (1816-1877), Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief, Nepal 1846-77, seated in front of a tent, with official standing behind. Modern pencilled note below caption reads: 'Sir Jang Bahadur, Prime Minister. 1871, at Hajip...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 28/2(14)

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Photo 28/2(14)
Title:
The Maharajah Sindiah and suite, Gwalior. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Formally posed group portrait, Jayaji Rao Sindhia (1835-1886), Maharaja of Gwalior 1843-86, seated centre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 28/2(16)

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Photo 28/2(16)
Title:
The Maharajah of Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] at Durbar. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Shepherd & Robertson Photo' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait group showing the young Maharaja Jaswant Singh (c. 1850-1893), succeeded as minor 1853, ruled 1871-93, seated before a gathering of state officials. Retainers stand in the background. Thi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 28/2(18)

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Photo 28/2(18)
Title:
The Rajah of Bhoondes [Bundi] and Suite, Rajpootana. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait with Maharao Raja Sir Ram Singh (1810-1889) of Bundi and officials. Ram Singh succeeded as a minor in 1821 and ruled until his death.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 28/2(20)

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Photo 28/2(20)
Title:
The Maharajah of Benares and Suite. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Raja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh (1825-1889, succeeded as minor 1835), seated and holding a hookah in his left hand, in the company of six officials.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 67(1)

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Photo 67(1)
Title:
Daguerreotype portrait of Jaswant Rao Ponwar, Raja of Dhar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Hand-tinted full-plate cased daguerreotype; a full-length full-face seated portrait of Jaswant Rao Ponwar (1833-1857), Raja of Dhar (succeeded as minor 1833, ruled until 1857), cased in a maroon leather case with velvet lining, measuring 225 mm x 175 mm. A note in a contemporary hand pasted to t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 99(30)

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Photo 99(30)
Title:
INDORE: Sir Tukoji Rao Holkar, Maharaja of Indore (1833-1886). Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait, with a servant bearing a fly whisk in the beackground. Print signed by photographer at bottom right. This portrait is also reproduced in woodburytype in J. Talboys Wheeler, 'The history of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi' (London [1877])...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1877
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 100(48)

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Photo 100(48)
Title:
KISHANGARH: Sir Madan Singh, Maharaja of Kishangarh (1884-1926). Photographer: Herzog and Higgins
Scope & Content:
Large format full-length standing portrait. Hand-coloured print. Exhibited in India Through the Lens, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, December 2000 to March 2001. Exhibited in 'India: Pioneering Photographers 1850-1900', Brunei Gallery, London, 11 October - 12 December 2001. Exhibited,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1911
Extent:
1 item

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