My Indian Trophies. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Full-length portrait of Charles James Lucas (1853-1928), the compiler of this album, seated in front of his tent with a large collection of animal heads, in the garden of the Apcar's house in Calcutta. Lucas describes this photographic session in a diary letter to his parents: '27 Decr. Up at da...
Portrait of Charles James Lucas (1853-1928), the compiler of this album, standing with an Indian servant in front of his tent (pitched in the garden of the Calcutta house belonging to the Apcar family), with hunting trophies arranged around him. See print 195 for a note on this photographic sess...
Cabinet portrait of Charles James Lucas. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Full-length studio portrait of Charles James Lucas (1853-1928), taken in India during his round the world tour of 1877-79. He is here seen posed against a backdrop of a lake scene, in hunting dress, wearing a turban and leaning on a walking pole, a rifle slung on his back. For another portrait, ...