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UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF THE RAMPUR STATE, 1925


Estimate: Rs 1,50,000-Rs 2,00,000 ( $2,085-$2,780 )


Photographic Album of The Rampur State

1925

Silver gelatin print mounted on card

Original full leather, upper board decorated in gilt, with monogram of Rampur State (some scribble in ink on the title), spine rebacked, all edges gilt
Album Size: 14 x 10.5 in (35.5 x 26.6 cm)

PRESENTATION COPY TO PRINCE AND PRINCESS ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT BY NAWAB OF RAMPUR

List of photographs:

1. His Highness, 11.5 x 7.5 in (28.7 x 18.7 cm) (slight damaged from edges)
2. HH Railway Saloon, 11.5 x 9.5 in (28.7 x 23.7 cm)
3. Hamid Manzil Palace, 11.2 x 9.5 in (28 x 23.7 cm)
4. Durbar Hall Hamid Manzil Palace, 11.5 x 9.5 in (28.7 x 23.7 cm)
5. Rang Mahal Palace, 11.2 x 9.5 in (28 x 23.7 cm)
6. Machli Bhawan Palace, 11.4 x 9.5 in (28.5 x 23.7 cm)
7. State Library, 11.2 x 9.5 in (28 x 23.7 cm)
8. Imambara, 11.5 x 9.4 in (28.7 x 23.5 cm)
9. Fort Gate, 11.2 x 9.5 in (28 x 23.7 cm)
10. Khusro Bagh House, 11.2 x 9.5 in (28 x 23.7 cm)
11. Shahbad Castle, 11 x 9.3 in (27.5 x 23.2 cm)
12. Main Powerhouse, 11.3 x 9.4 in (28.2 x 23.5 cm)
13. Mestonganj, 11.2 x 9.2 in (28 x 23 cm)
14. Bazaar Nasrullah Khan, 12 x 4.6 in (30 x 11.5 cm)
15. Filkhana, 12 x 4.6 in (30 x 11.5 cm) (Sr no. 14 and 15 are on one sheet)
16. High School, 11 x 9.2 in (27.5 x 23 cm)
17. State Silver Coach, 11.5 x 9.8 in (28.7 x 24.5 cm)
18. State Hospital, 11.2 x 9.5 in (28 x 23.7 cm)
19. Rampur Club, 11.5 x 9.5 in (28.7 x 23.7 cm)
20. Secretariat, 11.2 x 9.5 in (28 x 23.7 cm)
21. Nawab Station, 11.1 x 9.2 in (27.7 x 23 cm)
22. Town Hall, 11.2 x 9.2 in (28 x 23 cm)
23. Jumma Musjid, 11.1 x 9.2 in (27,7 x 23 cm)
24. Gaw Khana, 11.1 x 9.4 in (27.7 x 23.5 cm)
25. Guest Houses No. 4, 11.1 x 9.5 in (27.7 x 23.7 cm)
26. Jail, 11.1 x 9 in (27.7 x 22.5 cm)
27. Parade Grounds, 12 x 4.6 in (30 x 11.5 cm)
28. State Garage, 12 x 4.6 in (30 x 11.5 cm) (Sr no. 27 and 28 are on one sheet)
29. Artillery House, 11 x 9.1 in (27.5 x 22.7 cm)
30. Kotwali, 11.3 x 9.2 in (28.2 x 23 cm)
31. Bareilly House & Khas Bagh Palace, 2 sheet Panorama, 8 x 22.5 in (20 x 56.2 cm) (some bubbling in photograph, crease mark and tear in centre fold repaired)
32. Khas Bagh Park from Balcony, Panorama, 8 x 21.5 in (20 x 53.7 cm) (tears in centre folds with loss, some loss in top sky line margins)
33. Princess Kothi, 11.5 x 9.2 in (28.7 x 23 cm) (left top corner trimmed with loss in the blank margins)
34. Benazeer House Panorama, 8.2 x 22 in (20.5 x 55 cm) (some bubbling in the photo, some crease marks in the edges, some tear repaired in centre fold)
35. Shahbad Gardens, folding panorama, 8 x 23 in (20 x 57.5 cm) (2 centre folds damaged and repaired with loss)
36. Palace Uncaptioned ?? , 21.5 x 7.9 in (53.7 x 19.7 cm) (repaired from centre fold)

All the boards have slightly warped.