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Lot 90

MULTAN, and others
A collection of 10 albums, including views of Multan, Lahore, Amritsar, Dalhousie, Darjeeling, and hunts and shoots (quantity)

3 December 2014, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

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A majority of the collection appear to have been taken by a British officer (perhaps of the 5th Devonshire Regiment) based in Multan. A sample album includes scenes of the 14th Sikhs drafted and "leaving Multan for Dardanelles Aug. 14 1915", Punjab coolies and ploughing, street scenes, the mosque and "Mahomedan Festival.. Nov. 18 1915", Multan, shooting expedition in Firozpur, Punjab. "Major Clark skinning crocodile", views in Lahore (including the races and mosque), and a bear hunt near Dalhousie. Two larger albums include large format images views of Multan (one signed in the image by M. Dadabhoy), Dalhousie (8), Amritsar (2), Darjeeling (4), Lucknow (13), Benares (4), Simla and surrounding areas (7, signed in the negative by Craddock), and others - 5 signed in the negative by Bourne (nos. 1720, 1874, 1873, 1733, and 1737). Included in the lot is a late nineteenth century album including unusual gelatin silver prints including New Zealand (sheep station at Nelson, Waimangu geysers), and Calgary (Indians at the fair).

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