The Proclamation Parade on the steps of the Banqueting Hall at Gov. House [Madras]. His Excellency and staff proceeding to their places. Photographer: Unknown
Lady Leach's Garden Party, March 1940. Her Excellency Lady Hope chatting with Mrs Barnard and a Greek lady. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'This is on the bank of the Adyar River upon which Brodies Castle, the Chief Justice's "Bungalow", is built'. Subjects = garden parties; official events
[Copy of a painting] Fort at Lanka. King Ravana who held Sita, the wife of Rama, prisoner, until released by Hanuman and friends. Photographer: Unknown
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Note reads: 'Some 50 years ago in Madras I bought for a few Rupees the painting of which this is a photograph enlarged to the exact size of the original = 13½x10½. The V&A museum expressed the view that the painting had been made around 1800. It was sold at Sothebys about 20 years ago, [sign...
[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...