India, c. 1880

Travel souvenirs belonging to an Englishman, in the form of albumen prints; all are mounted on cardstock 350 x 455 mm, almost all are captioned in English, and they are well preserved. Three photographs bear the photographer's mark, though it is unclear which photographer took the picture of the Englishman on the elephant. 19 images: Agra Marble screen enclosing sarcophagi in the interior of the Taj (192 x 237 mm); Dancing Girls British India (216 x 280 mm); Nauteh Girls Jeypore (190 x 337 mm); Scowen – Young beauty in full jewelry (97 x 145 mm); Girl with water vessel on her head (102 x 155 mm); Coolie Women Bombay (190 x 237 mm); Water seller (99 x 140 mm); Singhalese Madras (215 x 276 mm); Lepcha Beggar Darjeeling (218 x 395 mm); Browne & Shepherd – Huthi Singh’s Tomb Ahmedabad (243 x 300 mm); Golden Temple Benares (217 x 268 mm); View of the Ghats Benares (215 x 275 mm); Great Mosque of Aurunzebe Benares (232 x 295 mm); Moti Masjid Delhi (204 x 273 mm); Ahmedabad (192 x 238 mm); Benares (217 x 274 mm); Ala-Dod-Deen’s Gateway Delhi (238 x 304 mm); Bourne – The Juma Musjid Delhi (220 x 295 mm); the Englishman on an elephant (218 x 265 mm). His selection of images reveals how captivated he was by the cultural diversity and the beautiful women in India.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)