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Tin-Tali / Râmêswara [Set of 2] - Thomas Daniell after James Wales - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Tin-Tali / Râmêswara [Set of 2]
a) Thomas Daniell after James Wales
Tin-Tali [Teen Tal]
1 June 1803
Hand-coloured aquatint on paper
Print Size: 17.9 x 23.6 in (45.5 x 60 cm)
Sheet Size: 19 x 25.5 in (48.3 x 65 cm)
With Mount: 25.3 x 31.8 in (64.5 x 81 cm)

b) Thomas Daniell after James Wales
Râmêswara
1 June 1803
Hand-coloured aquatint on paper
Print Size: 17.7 x 23.7 in (45 x 60.2 cm)
Sheet Size: 18.8 x 25.5 in (48 x 65 cm)
With Mount: 25.3 x 31.8 in (64.5 x 81 cm)

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A View of the Government House and Council Chamber, Madras - Henry  Merke - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Henry Merke (b.1799 - 1820 (fl.))

A View of the Government House and...
Hand coloured aquatint on paper
Print Size: 19.2 x 25.6 in (49 x 65.2 cm)
Sheet Size: 20.3 x 27.1 in (51.6 x 69 cm)
With Mount: 26.7 x 33.6 in (68 x 85.5 cm)

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Calcutta from the Water Gate of Fort William - Dickinson & Co. after William Prinsep - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Calcutta from the Water Gate of Fort...
Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Print Size: 16.3 x 31.1 in (41.5 x 79 cm)
Sheet Size: 17.1 x 32.8 in (43.5 x 83.5 cm)
With Mount: 22.6 x 38.3 in (57.5 x 97.5 cm)

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The Taje Mahal at Agra - Thomas  Daniell - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Thomas Daniell (1749 - 1840)

The Taje Mahal at Agra
Original hand-coloured aquatint with etching on paper
Print Size: 18.3 x 22.2 in (46.5 x 56.5 cm)
With Mount: 23.4 x 25 in (59.5 x 63.5 cm)

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Narrative of the Celebration of the Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India, in Madras - Sir Charles Allen Lawson - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Narrative of the Celebration of the Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India, in Madras

Sir Charles Allen Lawson, Narrative of the Celebration of the Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India, in Madras, Macmillan & Co, 1887, first edition

xxi + frontispiece carbon print portrait of Queen Victoria by Alexander Bassanoone, coloured map, 38 tipped-in albumen prints, including views of Madras, Conjeeveram, Madura, Ootacamund, Tanjore, Trichinopoly, Vellore, Trivandrum, and many other towns, as well as portraits of The Rajahs of Travancore, Vizianagram, & Cochin, photographers unidentified, but probably attributable to Nicholas & Co, A T W Penn, and others; gilt-embossed morocco boards, all edges gilt
31 x 26 x 4.5 cm

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Set of 2 prints of Tipoo Sutan - N Schiavonetti and Luigi Schiavonetti - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Set of 2 prints of Tipoo Sutan

a) N Schiavonetti after Henry Singleton
The Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultan (Dernier Effort et Mort du Sultan Tippoo)
August 15, 1802
Later hand-coloured stipple engraving on paper
Print Size: 22 x 26 in (56 x 66.3 cm)
With Mount: 28.4 x 32.4 in (72.2 x 82.5 cm)

b) Luigi Schiavonetti after Robert Ker Porter
Body of Tippoo Sultan Recognised by His Family (Le Corps du Sultan Tippoo, Reconnu par Sa Famille)
October 15, 1801
Later hand-coloured stipple engraving on paper
Print Size: 22 x 26 in (56 x 66.3 cm)
With Mount: 28.4 x 32.4 in (72.2 x 82.5 cm)

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Chir Singh [Sher Singh] Maharaja des Siks, Roi de Panjab avec sa suite/ Lahore Avril 1842 - Louis Henri de Rudder after Alexis Soltykoff - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Chir Singh [Sher Singh] Maharaja des...
Lithograph on paper
Print Size: 20.2 x 27.1 in (51.5 x 69 cm)
Sheet Size: 20.5 x 27.7 in (52.2 x 70.5 cm)
With Mount: 26.9 x 34.2 in (68.5 x 87 cm)

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Set of 2 Prints on Madras - C Hunt after J B East - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Set of 2 Prints on Madras
a) C Hunt after J B East
Madras Landing
Hand coloured engraving on paper
May 15, 1856
Print Size: 16.1 x 20.2 in (41 x 51.5 cm)
Sheet Size: 16.7 x 21.2 in (42.6 x 54 cm)
With Mount: 19.8 x 24.6 in (50.5 x 62.5 cm)

b) C Hunt after J B East
Madras Embarking
Hand coloured engraving on paper
May 15, 1856
Print Size: 16.1 x 20.4 in (41 x 52 cm)
Sheet Size: 16.6 x 21.4 in (42.2 x 54.5 cm)

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A Typewritten Letter From M K Gandhi to Dr. Behram Navroji Khambhatta, Signed ‘M K Gandhi’, 6 April 1928 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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A Typewritten Letter From M K Gandhi to Dr. Behram Navroji Khambhatta, Signed ‘M K Gandhi’, 6 April 1928

Typed letter in English on the letterhead of The Ashram / Sabarmati dated 6-4-28 signed “M. K. Gandhi,” to Dr. Behram Navroji Khambhatta on lined paper with ink stamp ("7538"), single page, 8vo, with some typographical corrections done by Gandhiji himself.

Typed "My Dear Khambatta, / I have your radio from Aden./ I did not know when I replied that it was a / radio message. I therefore sent a telegram to / your Bombay address. Mr. Kapadia received the / telegram and acknowledged it. I hope that Jal / took the voyage comfortably and that he and / you all profited by it. // I am sending you herewith a letter to Austrian friends who will guide you in the / choice of doctor, should you decide to have the operation in Vienna. // May God bless Jal. With love to you all. // Yours sincerely, / M K Gandhi (signature)"

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