Album of Photographs of Mostly India, Burma (Myanmar), plus Mongolians
No publisher info. circa 1890s to early 1900s. Binding: Half black morocco over navy pebbled boards. Spine with 3 pairs of raised bands. All edges gilt. , Notes: Philip Adolphe Klier (c.1845 – 1911), also known as Philip Klier, was a German photographer, who arrived in Burma as a young man around 1865 and spent the rest of his life there. Mainly working as self-trained photographer and businessman, Klier took hundreds of photographs at the end of the 19th century during the British colonial period in Burma. His photographs, taken both in his studio as well as on location, were mainly sold as picture postcards for foreign visitors. They have also been published in several books and collected in public archives. Among a small number of other photographers, Klier is considered as one of the earliest professional photographers in the history of today's Myanmar.
Jean Philippe Vogel (1871 in The Hague – 1958), popularly known by his initials J. Ph. Vogel, was a Dutch Sanskritist and epigraphist who worked with the Archaeological Survey of India from 1901 to 1914 and later, as Professor in the University of Leiden, where some of his fonds are currently located.
George Craddock (1859-1934) was an Anglo-Indian photographer from Punjab. He worked in various cities throughout India, eventually settling on his studio in Lahore, where he died.
G.W. Lawrie was a Scottish photographer active from 1883 to 1921. He had a number of studios in India, including in Lucknow.
CAPTIONS
1. Victoria Terminus G.I.P.R., Bombay
2. Public Works Dept., Bombay
3. Girgaum Road, Bombay
4. Jama Musjid, Delhi
5. Humayon’s Tomb, Delhi
6. Peacock Throne, Delhi
7. Dewan-i-Khas, Delhi
8. Pearl Mosque, Delhi
9. Justice Palace, Delhi
10. Kutab Minar, Delhi
11. Elephant Tower, Fattehpore Sikri
12. The Great Gate, Fattehpore Sikri
13. Marble Mausoleum or Sheik Selim Christi, Futtehpore Sikri
14. General View of Futtehpore Sikri
15. Mausoleum of Prince Etmad Dowlat, Agra
16. Khas Mahal, Agra
17. Delhi Gate, Agra Fort
18. Pearl Mosque, Agra
19. Dewan-i-am, Agra Fort
20. Taj Mahal
21. Tomb Taj Mahal
22. Zenana Agra Fort
23. Runjiet Singh’s Tomb, Lahore
24. The Badshak Mosque, Lahore
25. High Court, Lahore
26. Museum, Lahore
27. Shalimar Gardens, Lahore
28. Public Works Dept., Lahore
29. Shadera
30. Dhal Canal entrance to Chenar Bagh, Srinagar
31. Murrec
32. On the Canal to Chenar Bagh, Srinagar
33. Old Mosque, Srinagar
34. On the Jhelum, Srinagar
35. Banyian Tree Botanical Gardens, Calcutta
36. General View of Calcutta Showing Government House and High Court
37. Nath Temple at Manicktolla, Calcutta
38. Mullicks Ghat, Hooghly River
39. Bhotans
40. Darjeeling form Woodlands Hotel
41. Himalaya Range
42. Loop No. 3 Do. H. Ry. Chumbatti
43. Mussoorri
44. Naini Tal
45. Bhim Tal
46. Vishun Pud, Benares
47. Golden Temple, Benares
48. Hosainabad and City, Lucknow
49. General view Hossainabad, Lucknow
50. Roumi Darwara, Lucknow
51. Chulunki Kaiserbagh, Lucknow
52. Mosque of the Great Emambara, Lucknow
53. The Mosque and Great Emambara, Lucknow
54. The Residency, Lucknow
55. The Bailey Guard Gate, Lucknow
56. Sikandra Bagh, Lucknow
57. Alum Bagh, Lucknow
58. La Martiniere College, Lucknow
59. Memorial Wall, Cawnpore
60. [Meenakshi Amman Temple] no. 2216
61. Burma
62. Dilwana Jain Temple, Mt. Nobu [?]
63. Scene on the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
64. Shwe Dagone Pagoda, Rangoon
65. Scene on the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon
66. Ellora Caves
67. Prome Pagoda
68. Gaudmas Pagoda, Rangoon
69. Large Image at Pegu
70. Royal Lakes Rangoon
71. Shayetmy [?]
72. Mandalay, the Palace
73. Burmese Hpongyees Collecting Alms
74. Mandalay Maha Lawka Maya Zain Pagoda
75. Jeppalamam Madma [?] [Kapaleeshwarar Temple]
76. Seven Pagodas (Madras)
77. Seven Pagodas
78. High Court, Madras
79. Temple and Tank, Little Conjeevaram
80. [Temple]
81. [Temple, Johore?]
82. [Temple]
83. [Temple, Great Conjeevaram]
, Size: Oblong folio , Illustration: Comprising of 83 fine albumen prints, silver prints and/or printing-out-paper prints (5 loose), mostly of India, measuring 185 x 230 – 205 x 285 mm. Most captioned, either in manuscript on the sheet mount, some captioned on the plate. Some plates have the photographer’s stamp, either embossed or printed within the plate. Last 9 sheets trimmed. A few plates mounted upside down.
Oblong folio (280 x 380 mm). , Category: Book Asia Central India & Ceylon / Sri Lanka; Book Photographic Album;. Some spotting, mostly to early leaves, some prints with imperfections in the plates, else crisp and clean, most with strong tonal range. Item #B7270
Price: $4,500.00