H.A. Mirza & Sons and others

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H.A. Mirza & Sons and others
Ceylon, India and Hong Kong, circa 1890s
Album containing a total of 130 photographs, albumen, platinum, gelatin silver prints and collotypes (6) including two panoramic format, 4½ x 11¼ in., other sizes approx. 4 x 6 in. to 9¼ x 11¼ in. or the reverse, seven signed H.A. Mirza & Sons Delhi and titled in the negatives, variously mounted, several titled in ink/pencil on mounts, full black calf, ruled in gilt, large oblong 4to.; with a few miscellaneous photographs loosely inserted.

Lot Essay

Views around Colombo, Mount Lavinia, Kandy, Galle, the Nanu-Oya Pass; Delhi and Bombay including harbour views, street scenes, bathing pools, 'Katugastota (the elephant bathing pool)' and views of the Nuwara Elya Golf Course; several architectural studies; portraits of people in the market, a barber, 'Chetties', a Buddhist priest, a Singhalese man and woman, Kandyan dancers; and ten views around Hong Kong.

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