VIEWS OF MADURAI AND HUNTING SCENES [SET OF 5]
Albumen print on paper
Madurai
Albumen print
Photo Size: 7.5 x 6.5 inches
Pagoda at Gingee, South India
Albumen print
Photo Size: 8 x 5.5. inches
Two Hunters Shooting atop a Hill
Photo Size: 8 x 5.25 inches
Hunters Posing after Shooting an Elephant
Photo Size: 9 x 7 inches
Upper Cascade and Ford at Palanki
W W Hooper was a Colonel in the 7th Madras Cavalry in 1858 and a keen amateur photographer, Hooper was seconded from his military duties in order to photograph a series of ethnographical images in the Central Provinces of India. Produced in 8 volumes by subscription between 1868 - 1875, 'The People of India' contained much of Hooper’s work and that of many other photographers. His photo-montage work illustrating tiger hunting was produced ca. 1872 and Hooper photographed the victims of the Madras Famine in c1878. Heading the Burma Expeditionary Force as Provost Marshal he photographed the campaign and his album 'a Series of One Hundred Photographs' was published in 1887.
NON-EXPORTABLE
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Wiele and klein
DELHI DURBAR,1903, DELHI [SET OF 8]
Platinum prints on paper
8.9 x 11.5 in (22.6 x 29.2 cm)
Rs 75000.00 - 100000.00
$ 1048.95 - 1398.60
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor fading, yellowing, tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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