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'Bhavnagar March 1890'; 'Souvenir of Dumraon February 1892'

Album of forty-four platinum prints, the majority approx. 12 x 9 in. or the reverse, titled in ink on mounts, inscribed To Her Excellency the Marchioness of Lansdowne, C.I. With best respects from..........Bhavnagar Xmas 1891, half maroon morocco, gilt, title and date in gilt on front cover, oblong lge. 4to; album of twenty-four albumen prints, approx. 5½ x 4 in. to 7½ x 10¾ in., mounted one-per-page with titles in pencil on mounts, red morocco, gilt title label on front cover, oblong 4to; and two other albums. (4)

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A portrait of .............followed by views of Bhavnagar, including the harbour and buildings; the 'Moti Bagh Palace', the 'Gangajelia Tank and Gaorishanker Lake'; the construction of the 'Takhtsingjee Hospital' and the 'Samaldass College'; six photographs of named horses; the banquet prepared for H.R.H. Albert, Prince of Wales; and a silver model of a hydraulic crane which was presented to the Prince; the second album contains individual portraits of British and Indian dignitaries including the Lord High Executioner of Rewa State in full dress costume and six large portrait groups. Other albums include portraits, views and hunting scenes.

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