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Collection of 180 loose prints depicting architectural and topographical views, from the collection of Henry Walter Bellew. The following locations are represented: Prints 1–15, Lahore; Prints 16–34, Agra; Prints 35–39, Ajmer; Prints 40–54, Ahmadabad; Prints 55–58, Amritsar; Prints 59–65, Benares; Prints 66–70, Bombay and Elephanta; Prints 71–72, Calcutta; Prints 73–78, Delhi; Prints 79–81, Fatehpur Sikri; Prints 82–94, Gwalior; Prints 95–96, Kanpur; Prints 97–113, Khajuraho; Prints 114–123, Lucknow; Prints 124–127, Multan and Shadara; Prints 128–131, Muttra; Prints 132–153 (excluding 139–141), Rajasthan and Central India; Prints 139–141, Chitor; Prints 154–163, Simla; Prints 164–171, Savant Wadi; Prints 172–177, Nepal; Prints 178–179, Aden. Print 180, Calcutta.

Henry Walter Bellew (1834–1892) received a medical training at St George's Hospital, London and served in the Crimean War before entering the Indian Medical Service in 1856. In India he served with Sir H. Lumsden's mission to Kandahar in 1857–58 and was interpreter at the Ambala Durbar with Amir Sher Ali in 1869. He accompanied Sir Richard Pollock's mission to Seistan in 1871 and Sir Thomas Forsyth's mission to Yarkand in 1873–74. He was Chief Political Officer at Kabul during the Second Afghan War and retired as Surgeon-General in 1886.