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Lot No :

WILLIAM HENRY PIGOU AND THOMAS BIGGS

DHARWAR AND MYSORE,1866 [SET OF 6], 1866


Estimate: Rs 1,00,000-Rs 1,25,000 ( $1,380-$1,725 )


DHARWAR AND MYSORE,1866 [SET OF 6]

1866

Albumen print on paper


Six architectural views by Biggs, Pigou and O'Neill, Albumen prints, printed captions and plate numbers pasted on mounts, 1866 (6)

These plates are taken from Architecture in Dharwar and Mysore
Photographed by the Late Dr Pigou, Bombay Medical Service, A.C.B. Neill Esq. and Colonel Biggs, Late of the Royal Artillery
Published for the Committee of Architectural Antiquities of Western India under the Patronage of Premchund Raichund by Colonel Meadows Taylor and James Fergusson Published in 1866 (from paper negatives originally taken in the 1850s).

The Palace, Seerhuttee (plate LXXXVII)
The Great Temple. Southern Pavillion, containing the Great Bull, Hullabeed (plate XXX)
A temple at Lukhmeshwur (plate XLIX)
Street of Pilgrims' Houses, Beejanuggur (plate LXVII)
Great Gateway of a temple, Beejanuggur (plate LXXVIII)
General view from the South-west, Hullabeed (plate VII)

Images approximately 27.5 x 38 cm

NON-EXPORTABLE

43
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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