Lot Essay
A presentation album with several portraits of the Nawab (prince) including two equestrian portraits and two with his young son 'Khaja Moin-ud-deen Saheb, The Sahebzadah'; 'Dossabhoy Nusserwanjee', the A.D.C. and Private Secretary; group portraits of the Nawab with his staff; officers of the Paigah Troops; The Duke and Duchess of Connaught with the Nizam, Minister and Party; Prince Albert Victor and the Nizam posed on the steps leading to the prince's bagh (garden); a group including Mr. Howell before his departure for England holding a gift from Prince Bahadur for the Duke of Fife; Sir Denis Fitzpatrick and party at various locations with the Nawab; the audience including Lord Roberts at the Bashirbagh Theatre; a banquet for the Grand Dukes of Russia; party guests in formal group portraits; Sir Asman Jah at the opening ceremony of the Corn and Oil Mills and at the Golconda Shawl Factory; five smaller studies of the Nawab with tigers he has shot and another with rabbits; several views of the Bashirbagh Palace including eight interiors (two of the Fern House); Saroonagar Palace including three interiors; other palaces and dwellings; and Sir Asman Jah reviewing troops including two panoramas.