Lot 30
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Herzog and Higgins Studio)

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Herzog and Higgins Studio
  • Souvenir Album of the Royal Visit to Gwalior, 1906
An album commemorating the visit of the Prince of Wales, 108 prints in total, mounted mainly one to a page, but occasionally four or five to a page, and including two excellent 2-plate panoramas mounted over double pages. The majority with printed labels. Oblong folio, morocco gilt, with photographers' gilt credit  'Herzog & Higgins, Mhow, (Central India)' on the front cover. Signed and dated by Madhorao Sindia, (Maharajah of Gwalior) within an inked stamp upon the endpaper.

Catalogue Note

A variety of views, including scenes from tiger shooting, portraits of the Prince of Wales, the Maharajah of Gwalior and attendants of each, plus a variety of topographical and architectural views, including a splendid view of the interior of the Durbar Hall.