Views of Bombay, Ajanata, Calcutta, Benaras, Delhi, Cawnpore and Agra
Album of twenty-seven photographs of Bombay (3), Ajanata (1), Calcutta (2), Benaras (2), Delhi (10), Cawnpore (6), Agra (3), albumen prints mounted on card and titled in pencil on mounts in the same unknown hand, one per page on recto only, fifteen approx. 6.25 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm), the remaining vary between 6 x 8.25 in (15.5 x 21 cm),
7.75 x 11.5 in (20 x 28.9 cm) or 11 x 8 in (27.7 x 20.5 cm) Album size: 13.5 x 10.5 in (34 x 26.5 cm) Mount Size: 13 x 9.75 in (32.8 x 24.5 cm) Contemporary leather bound in blue leather with gold tooling to the covers and spine. All edges gilt.
Two photographs are signed and numbered by Sache in the negative.
The images, grouped by location, generally show architectural views. Images include scenes from Bombay (3), Ajanata (1), Calcutta (2), Benaras (2), Delhi (10), Cawnpore (6), Agra (3).
Photographs appear in the following sequence: -
1) Elphinstone Circle and Cathedral, Bombay / 6.25 x 8.25 in (15.9 x 21 cm)
2) Elephanta Caves, Bombay / 6.25 x 8.25 in (15.9 x 21 cm)
3) Bombay Harbour / 7 x 9.25 in (18 x 23.2 cm)
4) Ajanata Caves / Signed “Sache” and numbered 463 (lower right) in the negative / 7.75 x 11.25 in (19.8 x 28.4 cm)
5) Calcutta / 7.75 x 11.5 in (20 x 29.5 cm)
6) Town Hall, Calcutta / 6.25 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
7) Ghats. Benaras / 6.25 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
8) Ghats. Benaras / 6.25 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
9) Kutub Minar. Delhi / 11 x 8 in (27.7 x 20.5 cm)
10) Memorial over Well. Cawnpore / 15.5 x 21 cm
11) The Martiniere. Lucknow / 6 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
12) Palace in Lucknow / 6 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
13) Imambara Mosque. Lucknow Fort / 6 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
14) The Residency, Lucknow / 6 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
15) The Residency, Lucknow / Signed “Sache” and numbered 178 (lower right) in the negative/ 7.75 x 11.5 in (20 x 28.9 cm)
16) The Taj. Agra / 6 x 8.25 in (15.5 x 20.8 cm)
17) The Taj. Agra / 7.75 x 11 in (20 x 28 cm)
18) The Fort. Agra / 6 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
19) The Railway Bridge into Delhi / 6 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
20) The Jumma Musjid. Delhi / (6.5 x 8.25 in )16.6 x 21.2 cm
21) Delhi. Chandni Chowk? / 6 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
22) Cashmere Gate. Delhi / 6.25 x 8 in (15.8 x 20.6 cm)
23) The Pearl Mosque. Delhi / 6 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
24) Judgment Seat in Palace in Fort Delhi. Dewan Khas / 6 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
25) Scale of Justice in Fort Delhi / 8.25 x 6 in (21 x 16 cm)
26) Kutub Minar. Delhi / 6 x 8.25 in (16 x 21 cm)
27) In a temple near Qutub. Delhi / 8.25 x 6.25 in (21 x 15.8 cm)
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