Photo 475(37)

Genre: Portrait Photography

The same group but wearing their topis is reproduced as No. 140 in 'Bourne & Shepherd's Royal Photographic Album of scenes and personages connected with the progress of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales through Bengal, the North West Provinces, the Punjab and Nepal' (Calcutta, 1876, OIOC Photo 992/1). Here the accompanying letterpress description reads: 'The helmets which surmount all the personages in this picture (except Lords Suffield, Carington and Charles Beresford) were not assumed for the purpose of disguise, but in deference to the Indian sun; nevertheless they do make identification in some cases difficult. The Prince, however, in the centre of the group, cannot be mistaken. The Duke of Sutherland and Sir Bartle Frere are seated on either side of His Royal Highness; General Probyn and Lord Alfred Paget are standing just behind, while Lord Carington and Lord Charles Beresford are safely established on the ground in front. To the left of the Duke (in the picture) is Lord Suffield, and behind are Lord Aylesford, Colonel Ellis, and Mr Knollys. To the right of Sir Bartle Frere we have Sir Sam Browne and Major Henderson seated, and standing behind them Sir Joseph Fayrer, Dr Russell, Canon Duckworth and Major Bradford'.

Subjects = royal tours; Scadden Collection