
Rhyanon Demery
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FINE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF KING GEORGE V'S TIGER HUNTING EXPEDITION IN NEPAL, PRESENTED TO ADMIRAL KEPPEL BY THE MAHARAJA OF NEPAL. Images include: portraits of King George, and the Maharaja of Nepal, the ceremonial welcoming gate decorated with tiger skins, 3 group shots of the King and entourage (pith on, and pith off); camp scenes, and extensive coverage of the hunts, mostly on elephants for tigers, rhino, bears (in one image a servant stands beside a "bag" of seven tigers, two rhino, and two bears).
Provenance: Admiral Sir Colin Keppel (1862-1947), bookplate and pasted-in letter to him signed by Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Maharaja of Nepal, presenting the album "as a memento of the happy days when I had the pleasure of meeting you in the Terai". Keppel was Extra Equerry to King George V, leading RMS Medina on the King's voyage to India and Nepal, for which he was subsequently invested a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire; by descent to present owner.