INDIA - Lot 7

INDIA Set of 2 albums depicting the various cities of India through ceremonies, portraits and monuments, ca.1920. Photographs. 2 albums comprising approx. 120 vintage silver prints, captioned in ink below the images. Fakir near the Jumma River; Agra: Taj Mahal, tomb gardens, child portrait, the abandoned city (Fatehpursikri); Gualior: elephants, palace and maharajah's carriage; Delhi: Tomb of Hmayum Nizzauddin, great mosque (Jumma Masid), sacrifice of the lamb, Shah Burj (Red Fort); Darjeeling: panorama, view from Tiger Hill, female types, traditional dress, beggars, male types and carriage; Benares: Ganges and sacred river bank, corpse ready for cremation, bath in the Ganges, prayer after bath, market scene, golden temple (Kashi Vishwanath temple); Agra: Akbar fort, Mohammed Shah's tomb at Lodhi Garden; Jaipur: Maharajah's procession, parade of elephants, cows and carriages, museum, zoo; Udaipur: Jagdisk temple, elephants in front of the abandoned city, chiselers of vases and metal plaques, Monte Abu temple, prisoners spinning, settlers in a boat; Bombay: Elephanta caves, railway station; white train; Eritrea: Massaoua, Arab fantasy; Madras: Senate, town hall, children; Colombo: porter; Kelaniya: pagoda, candle offerings, small trades (mason, chicken seller); Kandy: lake, pagoda, praying women, washerwomen, barber, post-bath massage, elephant sacred bath, Senegalese fantasia, road traffic; Madurai: artificial lake; Anuradhapura temple and pagoda: ruins, travelers climbing rocks, sacred elephant, type; Calcutta: marble palace, great bridge over the Ganges, Jain temple, museum, cannons. Pictures: approx. 16.5 x 21.5 cm; Albums: 26 x 36.5 cm