The Roberts Statue, Calcutta
From the earliest Tuck's Kolkata postcard series, when the firm did not print its later standard captions on the back of each card.
Color
The Albert Museum, Jaipur
Compare this to an earlier color postcard of the Albert Museum by the same firm from the same image, made when color printing of postcards from photographs was much less sophisticated, at least on a level where costs were low enough for mass consumer
The Albert Museum, Jeypore
A very early postcard of Jaipur, made from an albumen print, title and photographer visible in white where it was inscribed onto the albumen negative. The color was applied through hand-tinting. Compare to a colorized postcard of the same image made
Madras Girl with fruit
The successful colorization of what was originally a black and white photograph is exemplary.
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
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.
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.
