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Lot Essay
Including portraits of the midwifery class (illus.) and of donors Mukund Balkrishn Buti Rai Bahadur and Seth Kustur Chand Rai Bahadur.
Details
TOWNSHEND and possibly others
Foundation Stone Dufferin Hospital Nagpur, Nagpur, 1887; Opening of the Dufferin Hospital for Women at Nagpur, Nagpur, 1888
2 volumes, one including a manuscript letter from Lady Dufferin. The first with one albumen print frontispiece portrait 5 3/8 x 4 in. (13.7 x 10.2 cm.) and 5 other albumen prints, approximately 8 x 5½ in. (20.2 x 14 cm.) or the reverse, 2 titled in ink on mounts, introductory text reprinted from the Nagpur News, June 11, 1887, including list of contents, 5 plans, elevations and a diploma bound-in; the second with similar frontispiece and 4 other albumen print photographs, 4 approximately 7¼ x 10 in. (18.4 x 25.4 cm.), signed Townshend Phot in the negatives, one smaller, each titled in ink on verso, a four-page ink manuscript letter from Lady Dufferin thanking Dr. Barter for the volume bound-in, each red leather, gilt, titled in gilt on front cover.
The volumes: 10 x 7½ in. (25.4 x 19 cm.) and 10 5/8 x 8 in. (27 x 20.2 cm.) (2)
Foundation Stone Dufferin Hospital Nagpur, Nagpur, 1887; Opening of the Dufferin Hospital for Women at Nagpur, Nagpur, 1888
2 volumes, one including a manuscript letter from Lady Dufferin. The first with one albumen print frontispiece portrait 5 3/8 x 4 in. (13.7 x 10.2 cm.) and 5 other albumen prints, approximately 8 x 5½ in. (20.2 x 14 cm.) or the reverse, 2 titled in ink on mounts, introductory text reprinted from the Nagpur News, June 11, 1887, including list of contents, 5 plans, elevations and a diploma bound-in; the second with similar frontispiece and 4 other albumen print photographs, 4 approximately 7¼ x 10 in. (18.4 x 25.4 cm.), signed Townshend Phot in the negatives, one smaller, each titled in ink on verso, a four-page ink manuscript letter from Lady Dufferin thanking Dr. Barter for the volume bound-in, each red leather, gilt, titled in gilt on front cover.
The volumes: 10 x 7½ in. (25.4 x 19 cm.) and 10 5/8 x 8 in. (27 x 20.2 cm.) (2)
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