


SACHE (JOHN EDWARD), and others Album of views in Srinagar, Lucknow, Agra and Bengal, 1880s
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SACHE (JOHN EDWARD), and others
Footnotes
Probably compiled by a member of the Bengal Light Infantry (possibly Wedderburn family). Includes: Nainital (2, including a small panorama); the Residency at Lucknow; Saché (10: the Dal Darwaza at Srinagar, numbered 758; another view, 759; Havelock's Tomb at Lucknow, 166; the Chattar Manzil, 193; Secundra Bagh, 153; the Kaiserbagh, 159; the entrance gate to the Taj at Agra, 206; a view of the Taj from the river, 202; Agra Fort, 208; another view, probably 209); Cawnpore (3); Humayun's Tomb at Delhi; general view of the Taj Mahal; the Bengal Infantry Officer's Mess (2), and the Zoological Gardens, at Alipur; several ponies and traps; a series of bungalows and houses in Calcutta and Dinapur; groups of British soldiers and their families (mostly named in captions); the native officers of the 38th Bengal Infantry.
Provenance: Kanwardip Gujral; his sale, Bonhams, 9 April 2008, lot 28.