The Fakirs at Benares, On the Bank of the Ganges. India.
An rare French postcard of Benares [Varanasi], featuring fakirs debating and listening with the ghats in the background.
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Paschendaele Nov. 1914 Cavaliere indienne [Indian Cavalry]
![Paschendaele Nov. 1914 Cavaliere indienne [Indian Cavalry]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/indian-soldier_0.jpg?itok=NaOCI3g- "Paschendaele Nov. 1914 Cavaliere indienne [Indian Cavalry]")
This postcard by the French artist Emile Dupuis honoured the Indian soldiers who fought with the Allies in in what is better known as the First Battle of Ypres in Belgium, an early World War I battleground where some 160,000 German soldiers died.
A Rajput of Rajgarh
A magnificent postcard by the Australian painter Mortimer Menpes (1860-1938), based on a visit to India he made for the 1903 Darbar. An ageing warrior is given life by dazzling colors.
For Freedom's Sake Interned June 16, 1917
The early 20th-century Home Rule League demanded self-government for the whole of India from British rule and was particularly active between 1916-18. Many Indian leaders supported this movement including the famous nationalist, Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Darjeeling (Himalaya)
The postcard artist, who signed other cards in this India series published by an obscure Munich firm, was Johann Friedrich Perlberg (1848-1921). Son of a painter, he best known for his paintings of Egypt, Palestine and the Middle East, many of which
Kandy
Elephants Bathing. Queen's Hotel. Temple of the Sacred Tooth.
A multi-image card popular around the turn of the century, where one type of postcard sought to compress as many views of a place into a small space. Murray's Handbook for India, Burma and
Gangavataran
[Original caption] Shankar receives the river Ganga on his head in compliance with the prayers of Bhageeratha. [end]
This image is from a famous painting by Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), one of India's most important painters.
Watson's Hotel, Bombay.
Lynne Withey writes in Grand Tours and Cooks Tours (London, 1998), about the growth of the Western tourist trade in the 1890s, that "apart from a few first-class establishments in major cities, most hotels were barely acceptable by Western standards.
Darjeeling. Kangchenjunga. No. 1
"Darjeeling is a hillstation and Sanatorium, situated on the lower slopes of the Himalayas.
The "Gharry" Our Local Chariot in Which We Often Tour the Town
A 1945 calendar postcard by the Anglo-Indian animator and cartoonist Merton Lacey featuring Allied troops in India fighting the Japanese in Indo-China during World War II.
