Madras Girl with fruit
The successful colorization of what was originally a black and white photograph is exemplary.
Postcard
The Pontoon Bridge on the Hooghly. Calcutta.
The pontoon bridge that bound the railway station and other sites on the farther bank of the Hooghly river to the main city in the foreground (it was replaced in the late 1930s by the iron Howrah Bridge). While this postcard was likely from a
Martund Temple, Kashmir
The Hindu Martand Temple, built during the 8th century, was dedicated to Surya the Sun Goddess.
A Marwari Woman
A classic Dhurandhar portrait. The growing metropolis of Bombay with its modern buildings form the backdrop to a fully formed character, in traditional dress, with a quizzical expression on her face. Does she understand what is happening around her?
Interior of Taj, Agra
[Original caption] Interior of Taj, Agra. One of the most graceful and most impressive sepulchres in the world.
Famous Nautch Girl
This postcard actually shows Gohar Jan, India's first gramophone recorded artist (1902) and the most famous singer of her time.
Lahore. Golden Mosque.
[Original caption] Golden Mosque, Lahore. This mosque has three gilt domes and was built in 1753 by Bikhari Khan, a favorite of the widow of Mir Mannu, who governed Lahore a short time after her husband's death.
A Table Servant
Note the liquor bottle, likely whisky and soda on the tray in the khitmatgar's hands.
Temple at Ramnagar, Benares
[Original caption] Temple of Ramnagar. Commenced to be built by the famous Chair Singh, who in 1781 forced Hastings to retreat from Benares to the fort of Ramnagar.
A Kashmir Woman
This woman, in a similar pose on a postcard published by and from a photograph by Fred Bremner, was called "A Punditani (Hindu) Kashmir." Inasmuch as titles were fluid, the same image, above, was called "A Daughter of Noah Dal Lake Kashmir" in a
