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India
Portraits of maharajas and rulers of India

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographers: Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) and Charles Shepherd (active 1850s-1870s). Portraits of maharajas and rulers of India. Circa 1875. 50 carte-de-visite albumen prints, mounted to original studio boards. Each ca. 10 x 7 cm. Most with photographer's logo on mount recto/verso; inserted in gilt-edged album window mats and bound in tooled full-leather album.

This remarkable album brings together fifty carte-de-visite portraits of Indian rulers, nobles, and officials, taken circa 1875 by the British photographers Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd. Compiled at the height of the British Raj, the collection offers an expansive survey of the political and dynastic landscape of princely India in the late 19th century. The portraits document a broad cross-section of regional powers - from major princely states to smaller, less documented territories - highlighting the diverse forms of leadership and governance that coexisted under British colonial rule. Often presented in official dress and courtly bearing, the individuals depicted reflect both the ceremonial authority and diplomatic stature associated with their positions.

The portraits include Nawab Kalb Ali Khan of Rampur; Maharaja Prithvi Singh of Kishangarh, Nawab Zorawar Muhammad Khan, Diwan of Palanpur; Maharaja Mansingh Rammalsingh of Dharangdhara / Dhrangadhra; Maharaja Rajendra Keshwar Singh of Bettiah; Maharao Shivdan Singh of Alwar; Nawab Mahabat Khan of Junagarh; Maharana Gambhir Singhji of Rajpipla; Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan of Jaora; Maharaja Vakathsingh Dalelsingh of Lunawada; Shrimant Jaisinghrao Narayanrao Ghatge of Kagal Senior state; Shrimant Raghunath Sawant of Sawantwarree / Sawantwadi; Raja Gangadharrao Patwardhan of Miraj senior state; Maharana Banesingh Jaswantsingh of Wankaner; Maharaja Jung Bahadur, Prime Minister of Nepal; Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal; HH Jaipur, Sawai Ram Singh; HH Mandi; Sir Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Idar, Regent of Jodhpur; Maharawal Jit Singhji of Chhota Udaipur; Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Bharatpur; Maharaja Hira Singh of Nabha; Amir Sher Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan; Raja Pratap Singh Bhawani Singh of Santrampur; Raja Raghuraj Singh of Rewa; Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda; Vijayarama Gajapati Raju III, Maharaja of Vizianagram; Raja Hariharrao Lakshmanrao Patwardhan of Miraj Junior state; Shrimant Ram Chandra Rao Gopal of Jamkhandi; Raja Lakshman Singh of Shahpura; HH Faridkote; Thakur Waghji Ravaji of Morvi; Maharao Umed Singh II of Sirohi; Thakur Jaswantsingh Fatehsingh of Limbdi; Maharawal Mansinghji II of Baria; Maharaja of Bhavnagar; Dhundirajro Chintamanrao Patwardhan of Sangli; HH Jamnagar; Anand Rao Puar III, Maharaja of Dhar; Nawab Bismillah Khan Babi of Radhanpur; Maharaja Sir Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh of Benares; Thakur Baojiraj Mehramanji of Rajkot; HH Faridkot and Sir Tanjore Madhav Rao, Diwan of Baroda. – A few faded, otherwise in very good condition.