Captain Agar, VC, visited Madras in HMS 'Emerald' in ?1939. Here, he is seen at the Madras Races with the Lady Marjorie Erskine. Photographer: Unknown
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The print has a newspaper cutting relating to Agar pasted to the reverse, along with a key to the individuals in the photograph: 'A. Capt Agar, VC, DSO, HMS Emerald; B. Her Excellency the Lady Marjories [sic] Erskine; C. Mrs Rutledge, wife of the o/c the Governors Body Guard Squadron; D. Capt Ba...
[The Drawing Room of 'Chipstead', a bungalow in Madras.] Photographer: Klein and Peyerl
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A note is attached to the print which reads: 'In the 1974 Annual Report of the India Office Library and Records there appears an illustration of the interior of a house in Madura, Madras. It has occurred to me that the authorities 200 years (??) hence may like to publish in an Annual Report a ph...