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Indian Chiefs, 1887 c. 1887
Album containing albumen prints | 33.2 x 43.8 x 4.5 cm (album) (album) | RCIN 2107577
Calcutta, Bombay & Simla : Bourne & Shepherd (active 1864-1900s)
Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI (1866-1911), the 9th Nizam of Hyderabad c. 1887
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The Maharani Jumnabai of Baroda (1853-1898) c. 1887
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The late Maharajah Holkar of Indore (1835-1886) c. 1887
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The late Maharajah of Kashmir (1830-1885) c. 1887
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The Maharana Sajjan Singh, Maharana of Udaipur (1859-84) c. 1887
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Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan, Sultan of Bhopal (1858-1930) c. 1887
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The late Lt. Col. HH Maharaja Sir Raghuraj Singh Maharajah of Rewah (1831-1880) c. 1887
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The Maharajah of Jodhpore, Jaswant Singh II (1838-95), c. 1887
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Maharajadhiraj Mirza Maharao Shri Sir Khengarji III, Sawai Bahadur (1866-1942), The Maharao of Cutch c. 1887
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Shri Maharaja Jashwant Singh, Maharajah of Bharatpur (1851-1893) c. 1887
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Maharaja Rajinder Singh, The Maharaja of Patiala (1872-1900) c. 1887
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Sadeq Mohammad Khan IV (c. 1862-1899), The Nawab of Bahawalpur c. 1887
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Maharaja Raghbir Singh of Jind (d. 1887) c. 1887
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Raja Shrimant Sir Ranjit Singhji Sahib Bahadur (1862-1893), The Maharajah of Rutlam c. 1887
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Jagatjit Singh Bahadur (1872-1949), The Maharaja of Kapurthala c. 1887
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Rudra Pratap Singh (1848-1893), The Maharaja of Punnah c. 1887
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Sir Abu Bakar ibni Daing Ibrahim (1833-95), The Sultan of Johore c. 1887
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Sir Waghji Ravaji (1858-1922), The Thakor of Morvee c. 1887
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The Raja of Soonth (fl. 1887) c. 1887
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Photograph album bound in red leather with gold tooling to the covers and spine. The album contains albumen photographs of Indian Prince's and rulers taken by Bourne and Shepherd and other photographers.
The album was presented to Queen Victoria by Dr John Tyler, the Superintendent of the Agra Jail. Tyler had been tasked with selecting a group of prisoners from the Agra Jail to come to Britain to be 'displayed' during the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886. Tyler accompanied the men to London, and during their stay, he took them to Windsor to meet Queen Victoria. (See S. Mathur, 'India by Design', University of California Press, 2007).Provenance
Album presented to Queen Victoria by Dr John William Tyler (Superintendent of the Agra Jail), January 15th 1887
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Album containing albumen prints
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33.2 x 43.8 x 4.5 cm (album) (album)
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Indian Chiefs, 1887 [Indian Chiefs, 1887: 01/0162]
Featured in
Eastern Encounters: Four Centuries of Paintings and Manuscripts from the Indian Subcontinent: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
The long relationship between the Crown and South Asia
