Lot 281
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BOURNE & SHEPHERD

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BOURNE & SHEPHERD

The Raj Dhiraj of Shahpura (Dholpur) and another, probably Udaibhan Singh, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, circa 1905-10

Two albumen prints, each approx. 11 3/8 x 7 in., mounted as imperial-size cabinet portraits on gilt-edged buff card, printed credits Bourne & Shepherd Calcutta Simla & Bombay on mounts, one matted. (2)
Literature
Pal & Dehejia, From Merchants to Emperors, p. 207, no. 214 (illus.).
Exhibited
New York, The Morgan Library and Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From Merchants to Emperors, British Artists and India, 1757-1930, 1986-87.

Lot Essay

Fine formal portraits taken outdoors, with indoor props including carpet and furnishings. Three bound volumes of The Life and Times of Queen Victoria are prominently displayed on the side table. The younger man is thought to be Udaibhan Singh (b. 1893), who succeeded as a minor in 1911 and ruled from 1913.

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