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Lot Essay
A detailed personal album previously in the collection of Sir Lepel Griffin. Sir Lepel Griffin (1838-1908) entered the Indian Civil Service in 1859 after Harrow. A year later he became Assistant Commissioner in the Punjab and by 1878 he was Chief Secretary to the Punjab. In 1881 Griffin received a knighthood (K.C.S.I.) and in the same year he became Agent to the Governor General in Central India. He began patronage of Deen Dayal in 1881, while in this position.
The album comprises two panoramic views of the Residency House and others at Indore including garden and river views, a party with canoes, group protraits taken in the Residency gardens, showing the Viceroy, Lord Dufferin and Lady Dufferin with Sir Lepel Griffin, other guests, a party at Indore with servants standing behind, and one of Doctor Keegan and friends. Formal occasions represented include the distribution of Afghan Medals by Sir Lepel Griffin; the arrival of H.E. Lord Dufferin at Indore with a group of Indian noblemen and British officials, the Maharajas Holkar of Indore, of Dhar, and of Rutlam; the arrival of the Duke of Connaught at Indore; the installation of the Maharaja Holkar in June 1886; the visit of the Maharaja Holkar to Sir Lepel Griffin on the Queen-Empress's birthday at Indore Residency; the installation of the Maharaja of Rewa and the funeral pyre of the Maharaja Holkar June 1886. Other subjects are identified as the Maharaja of Orcha and Sirdars and other nobles on elephants; Griffin with the Maharajas of Rutlam and another of him laying the foundation stone of Ranees Hospital, Rutlam; the Maharaja of Tehri and Sirdars, the Maharaja of Orcha, the Maharaja of Rewa on his pony (illus.); a group portrait of the child prince surrounded by attendants; three images of Chichai waterfall near Rewa; and another of the Maharaja Sindhia on horseback.
The album comprises two panoramic views of the Residency House and others at Indore including garden and river views, a party with canoes, group protraits taken in the Residency gardens, showing the Viceroy, Lord Dufferin and Lady Dufferin with Sir Lepel Griffin, other guests, a party at Indore with servants standing behind, and one of Doctor Keegan and friends. Formal occasions represented include the distribution of Afghan Medals by Sir Lepel Griffin; the arrival of H.E. Lord Dufferin at Indore with a group of Indian noblemen and British officials, the Maharajas Holkar of Indore, of Dhar, and of Rutlam; the arrival of the Duke of Connaught at Indore; the installation of the Maharaja Holkar in June 1886; the visit of the Maharaja Holkar to Sir Lepel Griffin on the Queen-Empress's birthday at Indore Residency; the installation of the Maharaja of Rewa and the funeral pyre of the Maharaja Holkar June 1886. Other subjects are identified as the Maharaja of Orcha and Sirdars and other nobles on elephants; Griffin with the Maharajas of Rutlam and another of him laying the foundation stone of Ranees Hospital, Rutlam; the Maharaja of Tehri and Sirdars, the Maharaja of Orcha, the Maharaja of Rewa on his pony (illus.); a group portrait of the child prince surrounded by attendants; three images of Chichai waterfall near Rewa; and another of the Maharaja Sindhia on horseback.