Lot Essay
The photographer's sample album, possibly the work of Major (later General) Francis Dawson (1827-1911) of the Madras Army, who was officiating Deputy Judge Advocate for the Southern Division in 1865.
Subjects include views of the Rock, Tank, Palace and temples at Trichinopoly; a portrait of the High Priest of the Rock Temples; the Great Gun, temples, monuments, the main street, the Rajah's Palace and the Great Pagoda at Tanjore.
Subjects include views of the Rock, Tank, Palace and temples at Trichinopoly; a portrait of the High Priest of the Rock Temples; the Great Gun, temples, monuments, the main street, the Rajah's Palace and the Great Pagoda at Tanjore.