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Photo 822

Record Id:

032-003121297

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003121297

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026100107.0x00003b

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 822

Title:

Portraits of Princess Indira of Kapurthala. Photographer(s): Delhi Photo Co (Mussoorie), L. R. Photo Art House and others

Scope & Content:

Loose uncaptioned portraits of Princess Indira of Kapurthala from India in the 1940s to Ibiza in the 1970s. A letter to a friend, written shortly before her death in 1979, is enclosed with the photographs.

Biographical note: Maharajakumari Indira Devi (1912-1979), also known as Princess Indee, was the daughter of Maharaja Paramjit Singh and Maharani Brinda of Kapurthala. She left India for England in her early 20s, with the aim of taking up an acting career. She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and worked briefly in films. During the Second World War she passed the St John Ambulance examination and drove ambulances during the Blitz. In 1942 she joined the BBC and hosted several series of radio broadcasts for Indian forces stationed in the Middle East. Popularly known as the 'Radio Princess', she continued to work for the BBC until 1968. She died in Ibiza in 1979.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003121297

Is part of:

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Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003121297

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

9 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Chromogenic Colour Print
Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print

Start Date:

1940

End Date:

1979

Date Range:

1940s-1970s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 48 mm x 31 mm to 198 mm x 122 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Donated by Mrs Lyons, 1989.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known