Ending 29th Mar, 2026 14:00

Olympia Timed: Spring 2026

 
  Lot 83
 

83

PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA AND ELSEWHERE, CIRCA 1900-1939

comprising: Indian “Snaps”, Lucknow, circa 1916-1917, oblong quarto (250 x 300mm), 53 glossy silver prints, mounted recto only, showing all neatly captioned on the mount in white ink, green cloth (rubbed); oblong folio album (265 x 350mm), circa 226 small platinum prints, mounted on card recto and verso, showing views in Agra, Delhi, Bombay, Elephanta Island, North Africa and South Africa, early 1900s; oblong quarto album (205 x 280mm), 192 window-mounted snapshot photographs of India, showing trades and people (8), topographical and architectural subjects, camel trains, bullock carts, groups of merchants, children, festivals, and mountain scenery, early 1900s, black cloth; oblong folio (270 x 360mm), circa 330 snapshot photographs of India and the UK, mounted recto and verso, early 1900s, brown half roan (binding slightly worn); and oblong quarto (230 x 310mm), 16 glossy silver prints, mounted recto and verso, including an Indian metal worker, carpenters, and architectural subjects, circa 1930s, cord-bound black patterned cloth (spine torn) (5)

Sold for £200


 

comprising: Indian “Snaps”, Lucknow, circa 1916-1917, oblong quarto (250 x 300mm), 53 glossy silver prints, mounted recto only, showing all neatly captioned on the mount in white ink, green cloth (rubbed); oblong folio album (265 x 350mm), circa 226 small platinum prints, mounted on card recto and verso, showing views in Agra, Delhi, Bombay, Elephanta Island, North Africa and South Africa, early 1900s; oblong quarto album (205 x 280mm), 192 window-mounted snapshot photographs of India, showing trades and people (8), topographical and architectural subjects, camel trains, bullock carts, groups of merchants, children, festivals, and mountain scenery, early 1900s, black cloth; oblong folio (270 x 360mm), circa 330 snapshot photographs of India and the UK, mounted recto and verso, early 1900s, brown half roan (binding slightly worn); and oblong quarto (230 x 310mm), 16 glossy silver prints, mounted recto and verso, including an Indian metal worker, carpenters, and architectural subjects, circa 1930s, cord-bound black patterned cloth (spine torn) (5)

Auction: Olympia Timed: Spring 2026, ending 29th Mar, 2026

The sale presents a diverse selection of 521 lots, featuring accessible estimates across many departments including European Works of Art, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art and Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art, with a majority of lots drawn from the Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department.

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Sunday 22nd March: 12pm to 4pm
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Wednesday 25th March: 10am to 5pm

AUCTION:
Closing from: 2pm 29th March, 2026 

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