LALA DEEN DAYAL (1844-1910) and others

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LALA DEEN DAYAL (1844-1910) and others

India, 1870s-early 1900s

Album containing fifty-two albumen prints and three gelatin silver prints, each approx. 7¼ x 10½ in., some panoramic format, several signed D.D. and the majority numbered in the negatives, titled in ink on mounts, inscribed W.G.W. in ink on front blank, half morocco, ruled in gilt, 4to.: with nine albums containing a quantity of photographs, various processes, sizes from snapshot to approx. 8½ x 10½ in., the majority titled on mounts, various bindings, 8vo. to oblong 4to.; with a quantity of loose photographs of India.(a lot)

Lot Essay

The majority of the photographs relate to the families of W.G. Wood, Chief Engineer and A.A. Woodhouse, who served with the police in India. Including several images of tiger shoots and men on elephants; group portraits, the Agra Royal Garden Party; images from the Engineer's Conference in Lucknow; images showing the construction of bridges and buildings; ceremony for the Delhi Durbar 1912, including two photographs mounted as a panorama; several views and architectural studies.

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