![[Rajah on Carpet]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/rajah-on-carpet_0.jpg?itok=f_34hkeQ "[Rajah on Carpet]")
A hand painted postcard that – if it was also purchased in Ahmedabad, from where it was sent – suggests that these rare postcards relative to the mass-printed ones were also available outside of Bombay. Postmarked 30 November 1908 and sent to Mr.
A wonderfully hand-tinted postcard by Spencer & Co., with its signature red used with great balance across the girl's clothing. The jewelry makes one wonder whether some of them are really school girls.
Postmarked Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2/11/1907 and sent
One of those postcards that can be read, perhaps, as satirical or documentary.
An early postcard by R. Jalbhoy, a Karachi photographer who established his practice around 1890 and later would become a reputable dealer for Kodak and various European photographic goods on Elphinstone Street.
Darjeeling owes its name to a blend of the Tibetan words namely "Dorje" (thunderbolt) and "ling" (place), that translates to "The land of the thunderbolt."
[Original caption] Dandy and Bearers, Darjeeling.
[Original caption] Zenana Carriage, Jeypore. This picture of the quaint and thoroughly Oriental-looking vehicle was taken in a street of Jeypore, the capital of the state of that name in Rajputana.
![Hindoe [Hindu]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/hindu-portrait_0.jpg?itok=ghiFzjp2 "Hindoe [Hindu]")
A rare Dutch lithographic postcard showing what is likely a Rajput prince or warrior. Note the very skillful use of the white background to extend the man's shirt.
One of the more beautiful hand-tinted real photographic postcards. Identified only as a South Indian woman, it seems to have been printed in a French colony (Vietnam?) by a Chinese photographer.
![[Indian Woman in Studio]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/woman_0.jpg?itok=n60lNM6L "[Indian Woman in Studio]")
A portrait of a woman in a photographer's studio where the fine detail of her garment and the cane work she is resting her arm on almost overwhelm the sitter. There is also detail in the background, and even the carpet is full of patter. K.
The successful colorization of what was originally a black and white photograph is exemplary.
