(INDIA) Group of 9 arty family albums that reflect the life

Sale 2132 - Lot 325

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(INDIA)
Group of 9 arty family albums that reflect the life and times of John Sinclair, First Lord Pentland, who was the governor of Madras India 1912 to 1919. Features vernacuarl photographs in addition to x-rays of a family member's broken arm, commercial tourist views, and assorted ephemera. Printing-out paper and silver prints, 8 1/2x11 inches (21.5x27.9 cm.) and smaller 2 1/2x1 3/4 inches (6.3x4.4 cm.), each with handwritten notations. Oblong folios (2), 4tos (4) and 8vos (3), cloth; the seven smaller albums are dated on the front cover. 1913-22

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A select group of albums chock-a-block with images, autographs, and ephemera chronicling early 20th-century British pomp and circumstance in India. Quotidian family scenes--albeit those of high society--are depicted alongside missionary, government, and military views, each artfully arranged on the page and captioned. The pictures were taken by various photographers, including Lady Flora Poore, Capt. Consac, Miss Fraser, Miss Berrister, Dan Johnson, Mr. W. Beardsell, and Major Collingridge--all accomplished amateur practitioners.