Lot 99
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A Victorian photographic transfer onto porcelain panel, late 19th century
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A Victorian photographic transfer onto porcelain panel, late 19th century

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A Victorian photographic transfer onto porcelain panel, late 19th century
The rectangular panel showing Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Raja of Ratlam, seated, the reverse with indistinct ink stamp and impressed number 320 -- 15¼in. (38.7cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Maharaja Ranjit Singh succeeded to his throne as a minor at the age of two, in 1864. He ruled until his death in 1893.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
See Bernard E Jones The Encyclopedia of Early Photography 1911, reprinted 1981, for descriptions of the methods employed in achieving this photographic medium.

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