THE CORONATION DURBAR, DELHI, 1903 [SET OF 10]
Platinum prints on paper
The Average size of each photograph is 8.9 x 11.5 inches
Wiele and Klein Photographic Studio was perhaps the biggest studio of the time in South India. In its heyday, apart from its popularity for its studio portraits, it built up an enviable reputation for its collection of photographs not only of Madras and the Presidency it was capital of but also of major tourist centres in India like Mysore, Benares, Agra and Delhi. And all these were on glass plate negatives from which the firm made reproductions, ranging from postcards to large framed pictures to be hung in the homes of sahibs in India and at `Home'.
The firm was founded by an Englishman named Wiele, probably sometime in the late 1880s. Before long, he took as a partner a Theodor Klein, who was born of German parents in Madras. The earliest record of the firm Wiele and Klein is in 1890 when there's mention of it being a prize-winner at the Madras Fine Arts Exhibition. At 11, Mount Road, the studio was on the ground floor and Klein and his wife Valeska, whom he married in England in 1909, lived on the first floor, tending the store. Wiele, it would appear, preferred to move to the Blue Mountains, where the partners set up studios in Ooty and Coonoor around 1900.
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Wiele and klein
DELHI DURBAR,1903, DELHI [SET OF 8]
Platinum prints on paper
8.9 x 11.5 in (22.6 x 29.2 cm)
Rs 75000.00 - 100000.00
$ 1048.95 - 1398.60
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor fading, yellowing, tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
The photographs on sale in this auction are rare, out-of-print and otherwise collectable, dating from the 19th century onwards. Photographs age over time and deterioration in a photograph's condition depends on many factors, including the original materials used and conditions of usage over time. Photographs will often show signs of foxing, yellowing and fading through usage.
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