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Mar. 05, 2025
Raja Lala Deen Dayal- Portfolio of Albumen Prints of Anglo-Indian Society
Est: $500 - $1,000
Raja Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1905), ca. 20th century, portfolio of albumen prints of Anglo-Indian Society. Bound in a red leather album, gilt-embossed on the cover: “His Highness Asafjah, Muzaffar-ul-Mulk, wal, Mumilak Nizam-UI-Mulk, Nizamuddaula Nawab Mir, Mir Sir Mahbub Ali Khan Bahadur, Farehjung Siphasalar, The Sixth Nizam of (Falaknuma Palace) Hyderabad Deen DayalÄ± Nizams State Photographers." Twenty-five (25) prints laid on thick card with embossed gilded borders, the subjects identified in ink below the photographs. Two closely related Deen Dayal albums were sold at auction in Arts of India, Roseberrys, West Norwood, UK, June 19, 2024, lot 192. Condition: Minor imperfections; signs of age to prints. Link to Hi-Res Images: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/7u39bk1h4cldt4grr4y31/ALil0QpHqdlLWY8OGcQmhlM?rlkey=1za9i2t2kzhdeark7jksg7kum&st=ctpfsfj8&dl=0
New England Auctions
Mar. 05, 2025
Raja Lala Deen Dayal- Photograph Portrait of a Nobleman
Est: $800 - $1,200
Raja Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1905), attributed, photograph portrait of a nobleman, possibly H.H. Gaekwar of Baroda, ca. 1880. Albumen print. Frame: H 17" W 12-3/4". Sight: H 10-1/2 " W 6-1/2". Condition: Mistreated according to its age. Link to Hi-Res Images: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/8vh8x0nmi3iduwe47kkq4/ADB2ivh-W0SNX3cMjYM0drw?rlkey=gn1br9vrejktsafwp04qy5nc3&st=xerhfb0e&dl=0
New England Auctions
Jun. 19, 2024
Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1905), His Highness Asafjah, Muzaffar-ul-Mulk, wal, M
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1905), His Highness Asafjah, Muzaffar-ul-Mulk, wal, Mumilak Nizam-Ul-Mulk, Nizamuddaula Nawab Mir, Mir Sir Mahbub Ali Khan Bahadur, Farehjung Siphasalar, The Sixth Nizam of (Falaknuma Palace) Hyderabad (Photographs by Raja Deen Dayal 1884-1910), Two red leather bound Indian photo albums with the title embossed in gold on each album, one containing 24 black and white gelatin silver print photographs, the other 26, laid on thick card embossed with gold borders of various designs, with handwritten identifying inscription in English below each photograph, with photographers' credit Raja Deen Dayals Nizams State Photographers on front cover in gold, (2) 35.5 x 49cm. (20 x 14in.) (2) These photographic albums document the life of the VI Nizam of Hyderabad Mahaboob Ali Khan, renown for having the most exotic and lavish court in India. Born in 1866, he became the VI Nizam of the Asaf Jah Dynasty at the age of three and was placed under Regency rule until he came of age in 1884. Hyderabad during his reign became noted for visits of royalty, royal hunts and banquets. Aristocratic visitors to Hyderabad included the Czar of Russia, the Archdukes of Austria, the Duke of Connaught and other viceroys. The population of the Nizam's territory consisted of 14 million people and covered an area larger than England and Scotland combined. Raja Deen Dayal photographed most of the Nizam’s daily schedule including his administration, the shikars and banquets as well as the droughts and floods and other calamities. he was succeeded by his son the 7th Nizam, Osman Ali Khan. Lala Deen Dayal was born in 1844 at Sardhana in Meerut in United Provinces and was a leading court photographer in the Princely states of India in the late nineteenth century, whose patrons included the Maharaja of Indore and the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad. Dayal pursued photography professionally beginning in the early 1870s , and encouraged by the Maharaja of Indore, opened a studio in 1875. Shortly thereafter, Dayal photographed the Prince of Wales (later King George V) on a tour of India, amplifying the prestige of his studio. In 1882, he assisted Sir Lepel Griffin on an architectural tour of India, producing images for the 1886 publication, Griffin’s Famous Monuments of Central India. Employed by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad in 1894, Dayal captured opulent palace interiors and pageantry, the recreation and leisure activities of the Nizam, as well as intimate portraits of the royal family. The eloquent Nizam famously dubbed Dayal: Raja Bahadur Mussavir Jung, or “Bold Warrior of Photography.” Besides the Nizam, Raja Deen Dayal photographed various British dignitaries, Military exercises, the visit of King George V, then Prince of Wales. He also accompanied the Nizam VI to Delhi for the Durbar in 1903. He was honored in 1885 by Lord Dufferin and appointed official photographer to the Viceroy and also to successive viceroys like Earl Elgin and Duke of Connaught. He had a unique honor of being appointed as “Photographer to Her Majesty and Queen” by Queen Victoria in 1887. He received numerous awards in exhibitions in India and abroad notable the World Colombian Commission in 1893 in USA.
Roseberys
Apr. 24, 2024
Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1905): Princely Rulers: Group of Seven Portraits
Est: $300 - $500
Seven carbon prints on titled mounts; together with three miscellaneous portraits, one with hand-coloring. Various sizes, all unframed.
STAIR
Apr. 24, 2024
Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1905): Princely Rulers: Group of Twelve
Est: $400 - $600
Twelve carbon prints on titled mounts. All 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (image), unframed. Note: These portraits are from a set of eighty-five.
STAIR
Apr. 24, 2024
Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1905): Princely Rulers: Group of Thirteen
Est: $400 - $600
Thirteen carbon prints on titled mounts. All 9 3/4 x 7 1/3 in. (sheet), unframed. Note: These portraits are from a set of eighty-five.
STAIR
Nov. 08, 2023
RAJA LALA DEEN DAYAL, INDIAN, 1844-1910
Est: £400 - £600
RAJA LALA DEEN DAYAL, INDIAN, 1844-1910 Two Views of the Narmada River at Omkareshwar (1882), albumen prints, comprising a two-part panorama and a single print, each framed, 19 x 50.5cm; 19.4 x 26cm (inside mounts) Provenance: Private collection, London, acquired Prahlad Bubbar, London Two slightly different views of this town on the Narmada River, probably photographed on the same day, are published in Worswick 1980, pp. 141 & 144.
Olympia Auctions
Mar. 19, 2023
Three Photographs Att. to Raja Lala Deen Dayal (1844?1905)
Est: $100 - $500
Three Indian portraits, two silver gelatin and one albumen, one unframed. The other two in good Ursula Hobson frames.
Locati LLC
Jan. 24, 2023
LALA DEEN DAYAL RAMESHWAR CAVE, ELLORA PHOTOGRAPH
Est: $400 - $600
Photo taken from December 1887-February 1888. Albumen silver print. Print unmounted. Titled verso, with inventory number upper right. Dimensions: (Paper) H 9.75" x W 7.5" Condition: Folds at corners, with damage along right edge. Wrinkling, etc.
Westport Auction
Sep. 29, 2022
India.- Indore.- Deen Dayal (Lala) An Album of 45 views and portraits, 'A Souvenir of Indore', [c.1880].
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
India.- Indore.- Deen Dayal (Lala) An Album of 45 views and portraits, 'A Souvenir of Indore', c.272 x 209mm., 45 albumen prints mounted on 22ff. stiff card, with printed captions beneath, label 'Lala Deen Dayal, State Photographer' to final leaf, some light browning and damp-staining to mounts, a couple with small tears to mount edges, original cloth, rebacked in calf, upper hinge broken, some soiling to covers, oblong folio, [c.1880] ⁂ An extensive collection of images of the city of Indore, its palaces and surroundings, including: two portraits of H. H. The Maharaja Holkar (one ?studio, one in carriage); his new palace, Inderbhawan; the Lalbaag Palace and environs; the Sookh-vilas Palace gardens; views of Indore city (e.g. Sharafa Street, Tazia procession and Fort Gate); the 'Great Elephant' belonging to the Maharaja, as well as the Shikaree Elephants at the Andheri Bagh River; landscape scenery (e.g. waterfalls at Patalpani and Mehdikund, railways and viaducts) and the Sheoratri fair on the holy ghats of Mahandata, as well as views of the Nebudda River. Lala Deen Dayal, the most celebrated nineteenth century Indian-born photographer, rose to prominence when, shortly after he was encouraged by the Maharaja of Indore to open a studio in the city, he was granted permission to photograph H.R.H. the Prince of Wales during his royal visit in 1875.
Forum Auctions - UK
Aug. 17, 2019
Delhi - The Hall of Justice within the Palace. c1875
Est: $400 - $500
Delhi - The Hall of Justice within the Palace. C1875.
Antiqphoto
Aug. 17, 2019
Temple of Ganesh, Amber Palace, India
Est: $400 - $500
Temple of Ganesh, Amber Palace, India.
Antiqphoto
Feb. 09, 2019
Kashmir. Sind Valley below Baltel, Kashmir. C1894
Est: $450 - $500
Sind Valley below Baltel, Kashmir. c1894
Antiqphoto
Jun. 14, 2018
India - Maharajah prints in folio - A ribbon-tied portfolio of portrait photographs reproduced from the work of Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1910). The folio contains 12 loosely inserted prints, include various Muslim, Hindu and Sikh princely rulers
Est: £200 - £300
India - Maharajah prints in folio - A ribbon-tied portfolio of portrait photographs reproduced from the work of Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1910). The folio contains 12 loosely inserted prints, include various Muslim, Hindu and Sikh princely rulers Maharajah of Rewah, Nawab of Rampur, Raja of Rampipla, Rana Sahib of Porbandar, Maharajah of Jodhpur, Nawab of Junagadh, Raja of Kapurthala, Maha Rao of Kutch, Maharajah of Mysore, Jam Sahib of Navanagar, Diwan of Palanpur, Maharajah of Patiala.
Mullocks Specialist Auctioneers
Dec. 09, 2016
Deen Dayal. 1844 Sardhama/Meerut - 1905 Bombay. Eröffnete 1875 in Bombay das Fotografie-Studio "Deen Dayal & Sons". In den 1880er Jahren erlangte er den Status des Hofffotografen des Fürstenhauses von Hyderabad. Dyals Fotografien gelten heute als wichtige historische Quellen des indischen Subkontinents im ausgehenden 19. Jh.
Est: -
{Deen Dayal. 1844 Sardhama/Meerut - 1905 Bombay. Eröffnete 1875 in Bombay das Fotografie-Studio "Deen Dayal & Sons". In den 1880er Jahren erlangte er den Status des Hofffotografen des Fürstenhauses von Hyderabad. Dyals Fotografien gelten heute als wichtige historische Quellen des indischen Subkontinents im ausgehenden 19. Jh.} Bez. "D.D." und num. "1392". Blick auf eine Palastanlage in Rajasthan. Albuminabzug um 1890. Darst. ca. 18 x 24 cm. Gl.u.R
Auktionshaus Zeller
Jul. 31, 2016
LALA DEEN DAYAL (INDIA 1844-1905) ALBUM (56) ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS, "POONA CAMP OF EXERCISE" 1905, SECUNDERABAD
Est: $500 - $800
LALA DEEN DAYAL (INDIA 1844-1905) ALBUM (56) ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS, "POONA CAMP OF EXERCISE" 1905, SECUNDERABAD
William J Jenack Auctioneers
Dec. 02, 2015
Deen Dayal, Lala: Views of street life in cities, tombs, graves, forts, landscapes and palaces
Est: €600 - €900
Views of street life in cities, tombs, graves, forts, landscapes and palaces. 1880s. 24 albumen and collodion paper prints. Each circa 19 x 27 cm. Each mounted to board (traces of use, time/water-stained in edges, soiled), most with title labels affixed below the image on the mount. Some scuff marks, some faded, some with uneven fade marks, otherwise in good condition. Lit.: Jyotindra Jain / Pramod Kumar: Raja Deen Dayal. The Studio Archives from the IGNCA Collection. New Delhi 2011.
Bassenge Auctions
Dec. 02, 2015
Deen Dayal, Lala: Views of India
Est: €400 - €600
Views of India. 1880s. 10 albumen prints. Each circa 20 x 28 cm. Most mounted to board (traces of use, time/water-stained in edges, soiled), some on both sides of board, 2 with title labels affixed below the image on the mount. The images include a spectacular public cremation (by D.D.), some military exercises with elephants, including decorated state elephants and an elephant fight. – Some scuff marks, some faded, otherwise in good condition. Lit.: Jyotindra Jain / Pramod Kumar: Raja Deen Dayal. The Studio Archives from the IGNCA Collection. New Delhi 2011.
Bassenge Auctions
Dec. 02, 2015
Deen Dayal, Lala: Views of cities, monuments and palaces in India
Est: €400 - €600
Views of cities, monuments and palaces in India. 1880s. 13 albumen prints. Each circa 20 x 28 cm. Most mounted to board (traces of use, time/water-stained in edges, soiled), some on both sides of board, 2 with title labels affixed below the image on the mount. Some scuff marks, some faded, otherwise in good condition. Lit.: Jyotindra Jain / Pramod Kumar: Raja Deen Dayal. The Studio Archives from the IGNCA Collection. New Delhi 2011.
Bassenge Auctions
Dec. 02, 2015
Deen Dayal, Lala and Others: Views of cities, landscapes, palaces and monuments in India
Est: €800 - €1,200
Views of cities, landscapes, palaces and monuments in India. 1880s. 15 albumen prints. Each circa 20 x 28 cm. Most mounted to board (traces of use, time/water-stained in edges, soiled), some on both sides of board, 10 with title labels affixed below the image on the mount. Some scuff marks, some faded, otherwise in good condition and several with strong contrasts. Lit.: Jyotindra Jain / Pramod Kumar: Raja Deen Dayal. The Studio Archives from the IGNCA Collection. New Delhi 2011.
Bassenge Auctions
Dec. 02, 2015
Deen Dayal, Lala: Portraits of Princes and Chiefs of India
Est: €300 - €500
Portraits of Princes and Chiefs of India. 1880s. 5 carbon prints. Each circa 24,5 x 19,5 cm. On original mounts with identifying captions within printed borders. The portraits include: the Late Maharaja of Hutwa, the Raja of Rajgarh, the Maharaja of Charkhari, the Raj Saheb of Wankaner and the Thakore Saheb of Kotda Sangani. They are from Princes and Chiefs of India. A collection of biographies..., published with a text by Jehangir Sorabji (London, Waterlow 1903) which contained 85 carbon prints. – Prints in very good condition. Lit.: Clark Worswick (ed.). Princely India. London 1980, ill. p. 48.
Bassenge Auctions
Dec. 02, 2015
Chiefs of India: Portraits of Chiefs of India
Est: €600 - €900
Photographer: Lala Deen Dayal and unknown. Portraits of Chiefs of India.1870s-90s. 5 albumen prints. Each circa 37 x 28 cm. Some mounted to board/card (1 with hand-painted border); some annotated in ink and or with printed label on mount verso. The portraits show the Maharaja of Idar (with hand-painted border), the Maharaja of Idar and Suite, the Maharaja Gambhir Singhjee of Rajpipla with Court officials, Tukoji Holkar and Mahbub Ali Khan (both by Deen Dayal). – Most in good to very good condition.
Bassenge Auctions
Apr. 30, 2015
LALA DEEN DAYAL. ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS: FALAKNUMA PALACE, HYDERABAD (DECCAN), 1894
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
Oblong folio (316 x 435mm.), PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY H.E. NAWAB VIKAR-UL-UMRA (PRIME MINISTER OF HYDERABAD), 37 albumen prints (average size 208 x 274mm., or the reverse), including three 2-plate panoramas, mounted on thick card, recto and verso, each with a letterpress caption pasted on the mount, publisher's green half morocco gilt, upper cover titled in gilt, gilt edges, edge fading to some prints, one or two prints with minor spotting or wear, binding slightly rubbed
Sotheby's
Feb. 26, 2015
Studio of Lala Deon Dayal (Indian, 1844-1910) View of Hyderabad, (Secunderabad) 24 x 30in.
Est: £4,000 - £5,000
Studio of Lala Deon Dayal (Indian, 1844-1910) oil on canvas, View of Hyderabad, (Secunderabad) monogrammed, 24 x 30in.
Gorringes
Dec. 04, 2014
Studio of Lala Deon Dayal (Indian, 1844-1910) View of Secunderbad, 24 x 30in.
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
Studio of Lala Deon Dayal (Indian, 1844-1910) oil on canvas, View of Secunderbad, monogrammed, 24 x 30in.
Gorringes
Feb. 28, 2014
Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1910) - Visit of H.I.H. The Cesarewitch to Ellora Cave, H.H. The Nizam's Dominions, December 1890
Est: £400 - £600
Lala Deen Dayal (1844-1910) - Visit of H.I.H. The Cesarewitch to Ellora Cave, H.H. The Nizam's Dominions, December 1890 15 albumen prints with manuscript titles, detached from album and framed, includes original cover with Lala Deen Dayal s credit, Each 19.5 x 27cm (7 3/4x10 1/2 in.).
Dreweatts 1759
Jun. 05, 2013
Lala Deen (Raja) Dayal (1844-1910) - O. S.
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Lala Deen (Raja) Dayal (1844-1910) - O. S. Baudesson et divers Monuments de l'Inde. c. 1882-1883. Sculptures et objets archéologiques (Sanchi. Shahbaz Garhi, Gandhara). Temples. Pagodes. Oodeypore. Peshawar. Gwâlior. Srirangam....
Ader
Jun. 05, 2013
Lala Deen (Raja) Dayal (1844-1910) (attribué à)
Est: €600 - €800
Lala Deen (Raja) Dayal (1844-1910) (attribué à) Inde, c. 1870-1880. Maharajah of Dhar. Maharajah of Kholapur. Rajah of Nadia. The Nauléh girl, Calcutta. Quatre épreuves sur papier albuminé. Légendes manuscrites...
Ader
Dec. 05, 2012
India and Ceylon Selected images of India and Ceylon
Est: - €900
Photographer: Charles T. Scowen (active in Ceylon, 1870 - 1899), Lala Deen Dayal (1844 - 1905, Court photographer) and unknown. Selected images of India and Ceylon. 1870-90. 14 albumen prints. Each circa 22 x 28 cm. Mounted to original board (faded with time staining), 1 with photographer's name in the negative in lower left corner, others with number in the negative in lower edge; annotated in English and German in pencil on the recto. An attractive group of images which includes the Mahanjha Palace, Senar Palace, Amber Palace, as well as poetic landscape views. Two images are by Scowen and four by Lala Deen Dayal. - A few faded in edges, some with light scuff marks, one with retouched spot of emulsion loss, otherwise with rich tones and in very good condition.
Galerie Bassenge
Dec. 04, 2012
DAYAL (LALA DEEN)
Est: £150 - £300
Lord Curzon at Surat Castle, and 3 others by Deen Dayal; sycees and mounts, 2 ceremonial body guards and several portraits, albumen and gelatin silver prints, most mounted, some captioned in manuscript on the mounts, images 210 x 28mm. or smaller, 1890-1900 (10)
Bonhams
Dec. 04, 2012
DAYAL (LALA DEEN)
Est: £150 - £300
A group of 4 architectural views, albumen prints, mounted, all but one numbered in negative, images 200 x 270mm., [c.1870] (4)
Bonhams
Nov. 24, 2011
Studio of Lala Deon Dayal (Indian, 19th-20th Century) - View of Secunderbad signed lower right "Lala Deon Dayal" and inscribed wi
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
Studio of Lala Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844-1905) View of Secunderabad signed lower right "Lala Deen Dayal" and inscribed with title oil on canvas h:58 w:74 cm Provenance: Private collection, London.
Cheffins
Apr. 08, 2009
LALA DEEN DAYAL (1844-1905)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
LALA DEEN DAYAL (1844-1905) Views of H.H. the Nizam's Dominions, Hyderabad (Deccan) each with printed paper titles attached to the card mounts 84 albumen prints on card mounts within original green morocco decorated in gilt, titled in gilt on upper cover (spine missing, worn and rubbed) 8 x 11in. (20.2 x 27.9cm.) and smaller
Christie's
Apr. 08, 2009
LALA DEEN DAYAL (1844-1905)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
LALA DEEN DAYAL (1844-1905) H.H. Nizam's Dominions, Hyderabad (Deccan) 1899-1900 each with printed paper title attached to the card mounts 100 albumen prints on card mounts, within original brown morocco decorated in gilt, titled in gilt on the upper cover (spine missing, front board detached, worn and rubbed) 8 x 11½in. (20.2 x 29.3cm.)
Christie's
May. 25, 2005
f - LALA DEEN DAYAL, 1844-1905 UDAIPUR. THE JAG NIWAS, CIRCA 1880
Est: £400 - £600
Albumen Print, numbered '1108' in negative, titled 'Jaymandir Water Palace, Udeypor' in pencil on the reverse, and with the photographer's wetstamp also on the reverse, framed and glazed, not examined out of frame, EXHIBITED Reverie and Reality, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 2003-2004. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 2003, illustrated pl. 109, catalogued as 'The Jag Mandir'.
Sotheby's
May. 25, 2005
f - LALA DEEN DAYAL, 1844-1905 CALCUTTA. GHAT AT TOLLY'S NULLA, 1880S
Est: £400 - £600
Albumen Print, initialled and numbered '3127' in the negative, numbered and inscribed 'River View-Kalighat Nulla-/Calcutta' on the reverse, and with the photographer's 'Lala Deen Dayal/Photographer/To The/Viceroy & C in C/Indore C I' stamp also on the reverse, framed and glazed, not examined out of frame, EXHIBITED Reverie and Reality, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 2003-2004. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 2003, illustrated pl. 95.
Sotheby's
May. 25, 2005
f - LALA DEEN DAYAL, 1844-1905 ELEPHANT PROCESSION WITH ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA, AFZAL
Est: £400 - £600
f - LALA DEEN DAYAL, 1844-1905 ELEPHANT PROCESSION WITH ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA, AFZAL GANJ BRIDGE, HYDERABAD, JANUARY 1893 Albumen Print from a Glass Negative, identified on printed label 'Elephant Procession - Crossing Afzul Gunj Bridge, 6-15p.m.' below the print, framed and glazed, not examined out of frame, EXHIBITED Reverie and Reality, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 2003-2004. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES J. Bautze 1998, pp.138-39 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 2003, illustrated pl. 52.
Sotheby's
May. 25, 2005
f - LALA DEEN DAYAL, 1844-1905 THE 6TH NIZAM OF HYDERABAD RECEIVING ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF
Est: £500 - £700
f - LALA DEEN DAYAL, 1844-1905 THE 6TH NIZAM OF HYDERABAD RECEIVING ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA AT THE RAILWAY STATION, HYDERABAD, 1893 Albumen Print, with printed label 'Reception at the Station' attached to photograph, framed and glazed, not examined out of frame, EXHIBITED Reverie and Reality, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 2003-2004. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 2003, illustrated pl. 51. CATALOGUE NOTE This and the following lot are taken from an album titled, in gilt lettering, 'Visit of H.I. and R.H. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Este to Hyderabad (Deccan), January 1893. Lala Deen Dayal State Photographer'.
Sotheby's
May. 25, 2005
f - LALA DEEN DAYAL, 1844-1905 A COLLECTION OF NINETY-EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS, 1880S-1890S
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
including 'The Great Imambara - Lucknow' (illustrated), views in Agra, Kanpur and Calcutta, and architectural and sculptural studies, Albumen Prints, some signed or initialled in the negative, the majority numbered in the negative, titled in pencil on the reverse, and with the photographer's 'Lala Deen Dayal/Photographer/To the/Viceroy & C. Inc./Indore C. I.' wetstamp, a number also stamped 'Thacker & Co. Ltd. Bombay' on the reverse, Quantity: 98
Sotheby's
Sep. 27, 2001
LALA DEEN DAYAL
Est: $1,460 - $2,190
Visit of their Excellencies Lord and Lady Lansdowne to Hyderabad (Deccan,) 1892. Album of 38 albumen prints. The majority approximately 71/2 x 11 in. (19.3 x 28.1 cm.), 7 smaller, varying in size to approximately 5 x 71/4 in. (12.5 x 18.6 cm.). The majority numbered in the negatives, numbered title labels, dark blue leather, titled and with photographer's credit L l Deen Dayal, State Photographer in gilt on front cover, g.e. Album size: 13 3/8 x 183/4 in. (34 x 47.6 cm.) NOTES The album opens with a group showing Lord Lansdowne and party at the Residency, followed by the Viceroy's visit to 'Nawab Khoorshed Jah Bahadur at Lingampully' and a series of eleven photographs of the Secunderabad Review; other photographs include four celebrating Lord Lansdowne's visit to the Afzal Ganj Hospital; six of the Viceregal visit to Mir Alum including the waterfall, the Tank and a cruise on the lake; a cheeta hunt; sports including polo at 'Malukpett'; a visit to the 'Faluknama Palace'; the Residency at 'Chudderghaut'; and seven welcome arches decorated for the Viceregal visitors.
Christie's
Sep. 27, 2001
LALA DEEN DAYAL
Est: $5,840 - $8,760
Views of Central India Presentation album of 81 albumen prints. 1891. 51 approximately 101/2 x 8 in. (26.8 x 20.2 cm.), the remainder approximately 51/4 x 81/4 in. (13.2 x 20.9 cm.) or the reverse. The majority signed and/or numbered in the negatives, titled and numbered in ink on mounts, the last mount signed and dated Lala Deen Dayal Indore 22-11-91, signed and inscribed in ink on front blank Presented to His Excellency Marquees (sic) of Lansdowne...from H.H. Maharaja Sir Anand Rao Powar...State Dhar 24th November 1891 Dated Camp Indore and annotated A.R.P.S.D., Lansdowne library label numbered 17 inside front cover, brown leather, gilt, title and photographer's credit in gilt on front cover, g.e., white-metal clasp. Album size: 11 x 151/2 in. (28 x 39.4 cm.) PROVENANCE Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, fifth Marquis of Lansdowne (1845-1927), Viceroy of India (1888-1894); by descent; Christie's London, 19th and 20th Century Photographs, Property from the Historical Archives at Bowood House, 19 October, 1994, lot 148 LITERATURE See: Falconer et al, A Shifting Focus, frontispiece See: Worswick, Princely India, pp. 58-59 (the right portion a variant), 63, 140, 144 NOTES A fine presentation album beginning with one seated portrait of the Maharaja in formal dress; studies in and around Dhar including one street scene, the Fort and a hill-top temple; the mosque, palaces, mausoleum and a lake at Mandu; 'Mhou Cantonments'; the Patulpani waterfall; the Holkar State Railway; river scenes, the residency and gardens, the Daly College, the Lal Bagh palace, 'Masahib's Mausoleum', the Cenotaph of 'Apa Sahib Baha' and a street view at Indore; the Buddhist Tope at Sanchi; the Bhopal State Railway; a series of views and details at Gwalior Fort; 'the old gun at Bhilsa'; an unusual study of live monkeys at 'Onkarjee' (illus); other forts, temples and palaces; and the waterfall near Rewa.
Christie's
Sep. 27, 2001
LALA DEEN DAYAL (1844-1905)
Est: $730 - $1,022
Famous Monuments of Central India, London: The Autotype Company, 1886 Ex-libris copy. "Prepared by direction of Sir Lepel Griffin, Agent to the Governor General for Central India", with 83 (of 89) autotype plates. Each approximately 81/4 x 11 in. (21 x 28 cm.) or the reverse. Descriptive text, table of illustrations, preface by Lepel Griffin, title (with partial library stamp), rebound in orange leather, gilt, titled in gilt on spine. The volume: 101/2 x 15 in. (26.8 x 38.1 cm.) NOTES In his preface, Griffin writes "The present volume has been issued with the sole desire of placing, by the autotype process, on permanent record in public and private libraries, accurate representations of the more important architectural monuments of Central India, before time, neglect, or barbarous and greedy hands shall have destroyed the buildings which have so special an artistic value in relation to the ancient arts of building and sculpture in the east..." An obituary for Lala Deen Dayal appeared in the Times of India in 1905.
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