Beschreibung:

the group comprising: a carte-de-visite photograph of a Sikh nobleman, possibly attached to the court of Patiala, Patiala, Punjab, circa 1880s, photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, the card printed by Marion, Imp. Paris, 101 x 61 mm. A group of cricketers including the Maharaja of Patiala, Rajinder Singh, India, circa 1895, photographer not known, albumen print laid down on card, with a separate slip of paper with identifying inscriptions, photograph 195 x 270 mm.; card 262 x 350 mm. Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala, inspecting a gun near Bonne with one of his officers, France, 31 July 1918, Lieutenant John Warwick Brooke, verso the ruins of Albert Church, typewritten labels, laid down on an album page, photographs 137 x 190 mm.; album page 200 x 245 mm. Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala, with General William Riddell Birdwood, commander of the British Fifth Army, and his staff, France, 31 July 1918, Lieutenant John Warwick Brooke, verso the ruins of Meteren Church, typewritten labels, laid down on an album page, photographs 137 x 190 mm.; album page 200 x 245 mm. Patiala grandees prepare for pig-sticking, Patiala, Punjab, circa 1920, photographer not known, albumen print laid down on card, 250 x 350 mm., card 293 x 395 mm. Lord Tennyson's cricket team with Maharajah Bhupinder Singh's XI, including his heir, Yadvinder Singh, Patiala, Punjab, January 1938, photographer not known, laid down on card photograph 207 x 267 mm.; card 282 x 358 mm.(6)