Southern India including working elephants

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R.P. MOSES and possibly CAPT. E. D. LYON
Southern India including working elephants
Album of 67 albumen prints. Circa 1875. Varying in size from 3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (9.2 x 11.7 cm.) to 7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (20 x 24.5 cm.). 2 with photographer's credit R.P. Moses Photo in the negative, ink manuscript titles on mounts, red leather, gilt, g.e.
Album size: 11 1/8 x 15¼ in. (28.2 x 38.7 cm.)

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The illustration for this lot has mistakenly been numbered lot 97 in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

Scenic views in Coimbatore, Southern India, an oval portrait titled 'The Coimbatore Kedda, Head Mahout'; a series of photographs of elephants at work pulling logs, being trained, eating and drinking; views of waterfalls, temples, tree ferns and a small series of landscapes in Ootacamund possibly by Lyon; and studies of different modes of transport.

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