Lot Essay
A rare series covering the state visit of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand to India including images of the welcoming party, several views of an elephant procession, marches, group portraits of the royal party watching sports at Fateh, the party preparing for shooting deer, spectators at a panther-spearing and group portraits of the party dining, inspecting jewels, and receiving the salute.
Lala Deen Dayal rose to prominence as a photographer in India when he was granted permission to photograph H.R.H. the Prince of Wales during his royal visit in 1875. In 1885 he was appointed court photographer to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Pasha, and at about the same time he opened a second studio at Secunderabad. His work was widely acclaimed. He became the first Indian photographer to achieve this level of recognition and therefore to rival the more established British firms such as Bourne & Shepherd and Johnston & Hoffman. By the end of the century the firm of Raja Deen Dayal & Sons employed over fifty people.
Lala Deen Dayal rose to prominence as a photographer in India when he was granted permission to photograph H.R.H. the Prince of Wales during his royal visit in 1875. In 1885 he was appointed court photographer to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Pasha, and at about the same time he opened a second studio at Secunderabad. His work was widely acclaimed. He became the first Indian photographer to achieve this level of recognition and therefore to rival the more established British firms such as Bourne & Shepherd and Johnston & Hoffman. By the end of the century the firm of Raja Deen Dayal & Sons employed over fifty people.