Lala Deen Dayal
Souvenir of Indore
C.1880
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An extensive collection of images of the city of Indore, its palaces and surroundings, including two portraits of H. H. The Maharaja Holkar (one ?studio, one in carriage); his new palace, Inderbhawan; the Lalbaag Palace and environs; the Sookh-vilas Palace gardens; views of Indore city (e.g. Sharafa Street, Tazia procession and Fort Gate); the ‘Great Elephant’ belonging to the Maharaja, as well as the Shikaree Elephants at the Andheri Bagh River; landscape scenery (e.g. waterfalls at Patalpani and Mehdikund, railways and viaducts) and the Sheoratri fair on the holy ghats of Mahandata, as well as views of the Nebudda River. Lala Deen Dayal, the most celebrated nineteenth-century Indian-born photographer, rose to prominence when, shortly after he was encouraged by the Maharaja of Indore to open a studio in the city, he was granted permission to photograph H.R.H. the Prince of Wales during his royal visit in 1875.
Lala Deen Dayal
An album of 40 views including a Panoramic view of the Nerbudda river, ‘A Souvenir of Indore’, (27 x 21cm), 40 albumen prints mounted on 22ff. stiff card, with printed captions beneath. Oblong folio with half leather bound with gold text on front cover displaying ‘Souvenir of Indore’.
Condition: Rebacked spine and polished covers. Rubbing on edges. Minor yellowing along the edges of a few photographs. In excellent condition.
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