Artist Index: British India

Photographers: Clifton & Co. (founded 1896), Wiele & Klein and Gobindram & Oodeyram. Views of landscapes, temples and natives of India. 1910. Circa 135 (most) collodion paper prints, gelatin silver and platinum prints. Various sizes, most circa 21 x 29 cm and smaller. Mounted to gilt-edged album boards, bound in full pressed leather album (some discoloration/fading on spine/front cover) with gilt-stamped title Weltreise 1910-1911 Indien. 27,5 x 37 cm.
An attractive and richly illustrated album with many larger photographs of people in traditional costumes, religious and cultural ceremonies, monuments and temples as well as palaces in India, bound in a well-preserved, fine leather album. – Some faded, otherwise most in very good to excellent condition.

Photographer unknown. Gujarat court portraits. 1880s/90s. 8 albumen prints. Various sizes between circa 21 x 17 cm.
Most in very good condition with strong contrasts.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer: Bourne & Shepherd, EOS Photographic Company, B. Gay & Co., S. Hormusjee, Jabez Hughes, Jamsetjee & Byramjee, W. Lowe, Somiah Narsiah, Orr & Barton, Lal Raghonandan, G.A. Saifi, Shum Soodein. Portraits of rulers and natives of India. 1890s. 23 albumen and collodion paper prints on cabinet card mounts. Most with photographer's logo on mount recto/verso, some annotated in ink.
Some faded, some scuff marks, otherwise most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer: Baljii & Co., K. Barjorji, Bourne & Shepherd, J. Craddock, Lala Deen Dayal, Karl Koenig, G.W. Lawrie, J. Saché, J. Sequeira, Omaid Singh & Sons, E. Taurines, Wiele & Klein, T. Winter. British portraits taken by studios in India. 1890s. 28 albumen and collodion paper prints on cabinet card mounts. Most with photographer's logo on mount recto/verso, some annotated in ink.
Some faded, some scuff marks, otherwise most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer unknown. British life and families in India. 1870s/90s. 13 albumen prints. Various sizes, most circa 13 x 18 cm and larger. Mounted to board.
A few with light foxing/spots, some faded, two prints with paper loss in corners, otherwise in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer unknown. Landscapes of Bhutan. 1880s. 4 albumen prints. Each circa 10 x 15 cm.
One image shows members of the Bhutan peace mission 1864-65: Captain Lancer, Sir Ashley Eden and Captain Godwin. The photograph was taken by Sir Benjamin Simpson in 1864, when he accompanied Ashley Eden's British mission to Bhutan as the medical in-charge, and is one of the earliest photographic records of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Sir Benjamin's photograph, which depicts the campsite of the Ashley Eden mission in Haa valley, was showcased at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Jaipur House, New Delhi, as part of a special exhibition titled "Bhutan: An Eye to History" 2009-2010. – Some crease marks, otherwise several with strong contrasts and in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer: Bourne & Shepherd, J. V. Clair & Co., W & D Downey, P. Hammes, W.D. Holmes, Robert Hotz, O. Kirchner, Nicholas Bros., Rajah's Studio, Thomas A. Rust, R. Venkiah Bros., P. Vuccino & Co., Watts & Skeen. British family portraits and high ranking military figures, most taken by studios in India. 1890s. 18 albumen and collodion paper prints on cabinet card mounts. Most with photographer's logo on mount recto/verso, some annotated in ink.
Some faded, some scuff marks, otherwise most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer unknown. Natives and villages in Madras. 1880s/90s. 9 albumen prints. Most circa 10 x 15 cm. Each mounted to board (slightly warped), annotated in pencil below the image on mount.
Some light surface scuff marks, otherwise most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer: Bourne & Shepherd and unknown. Tiger hunt. 1870s-1880s. 8 albumen prints. Most circa 12 x 16 cm, 1 larger. Each mounted to card, some annotated in pencil on the mount.
Includes an image of H.R.H. Albert Edward Prince of Wales and party with his "first tiger" 1875. – Some fading, mostly in edges, otherwise in good to very good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer: Samuel Bourne (1834-1912). Individual portraits of a Lepcha man and woman, Darjeeling. 1869. 2 albumen prints. Circa 28,2 x 23,5cm. Both signed and numbered 1907 and 1908 in the negative in lower left corner, number in pencil on the verso.
Ludger Derenthal/Raffael Dedo Gadebusch/Katrin Specht (eds.). Das koloniale Auge. Frühe Porträt-Fotografie in Indien. Leipzig 2012, ill. pp. 64-65.Some light handling marks, minimal fading in edges, male portrait with small tear in left edge, otherwise in very good condition.

Photographer unknown. Railway construction and bridges. 1890s. 7 albumen and gelatin silver prints. Most circa 20 x 26 cm. 4 mounted to board.
Some faded, otherwise in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer: Edward Taurines and unknown. Landscapes, cities and temples of various regions of India. 1890s. 34 collodion paper and albumen prints. Various sizes, circa 21 x 28 cm, 19 x 24 cm and smaller. Most mounted to card, some annotated in pencil on the verso.
Includes views of Darjeeling, Calcutta, Bombay, Lucknow, Poona and others. – Some with fading in edges, some handling creases/marks, some with small tears, otherwise in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer unknown. Wildlife hunting and British life in India. 1880s-1890s. 23 albumen prints. Various sizes, circa 15 x 20 cm and larger. Each mounted to card, some annotated in ink on the mount.
Most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection

Photographer: T.H. Paar and unknown. Views of India. 1890s. 2 collodion paper prints and 3 gelatin silver prints. Most circa 21 x 28 cm, 1 smaller. 4 with photographer's name, title and number in the negative in lower corners, 2 mounted to board.
Two with backed tears, otherwise in good condition.

Photographer: Gobindram and Oodeyram, Edward Taurines and unknown. Natives of various regions of India. 1870s/90s. 9 albumen prints. Various sizes, most circa 22 x 19 cm and smaller. Some annotated in pencil on the verso.
The people depicted include a drug and charm seller, domestic Hindu workers, musicians and dancers and other Indian people – Some with light fading edges, otherwise in good to very good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection