[Garden party at Belvedere showing] Lord Reading with Lord Ronaldsay and Sir Henry Wheeler (back to camera). The Maharaja of Burdwan is standing in the background. Photographer: Topical Press Agency Ltd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = garden parties; Reading Collection; social life
[Group of Judges, Lahore.] Photographer: Bali and Sons, D.N.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Print mounted on card with photographer's stamp. A group portrait of judges at Lahore, wearing wigs and gowns, presumably photographed on the occasion of the opening of the extension to the High Court at Lahore on 23 October 1923 (see following print) . The Chief Jus...
Bara Kirthambh [Jaya Stambh] Tower of Victory at Chitorgarh. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Jaya Stambh or Tower of Victory from the 'Reading Collection: Views of Udaipur' taken by an unknown photographer c.1910. The Tower of Victory, pictured in the background, is a Jain monument constructed between 1457-1468. Rana Kumbha (r.1433-1468) built the tower to commemorate...
[Portrait of] His Highness Raja Uldaiji Rao Ponwar, KCSI. Photographer: Vernon and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Hand-coloured studio portrait. Full-length standing holding a robe. The print is signed in the bottom right corner: 'With kindest regards, Udaji Rao Ponwar, 28th October, 1922'. Although dated 1922 and in the possession of Lord Reading, the photograph was taken neare...
[Guard of Honour of 2/3rd Pioneers, Mandalay Station.] Photographer: Ahuja, D.A.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Snapshot. Guard of Honour drawn up on the platform at Mandalay Station. Subjects = guards of honour; Indian Army; military (general); Reading Collection; Sikh Pioneers; viceregal tours Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar