Collotype

One can imagine that the textiles worn by the woman are vibrant with color, and the postcard could be spectacular hand-tinted, but the stripes still make for a billowing effect in black and white.

The River Teesta descends from Sikkim at an elevation of over 20,000 feet through Darjeeling and then merges with the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh . This postcard is a good example of how a collotype, well-tinted and with a glossy finish can almost look

A stunning example of what a well-tinted, non-discoloured postcard looks like some 120 years later.

Sir Pratab Singh (1845-1922) made it on to many postcards as one of the best known Indian officers in the British Indian army, having served from the

These Gurkha soldiers were possibly photographed in the firm's Darjeeling studio (opened 1890) or Simla a few years later.