Calcutta, Bombay & Simla : Bourne & Shepherd (active 1864-1900s)
Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire with an Elephant 1875-6
Albumen print | 13.8 x 10.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2114226
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Photograph of Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire (1843-1928) with an elephant. He is standing beside the elephant holding a rifle in his right hand. There are two men in the howdah on the elephant's back, one sitting on its neck and another standing by its head. A camp can be seen behind.
This is one of a series of photographs from a published volume documenting the tour the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, made of India in 1875-76.Provenance
Presented to Alexandra, Princess of Wales by her husband the Prince of Wales at Christmas 1876
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Albumen print
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13.8 x 10.3 cm (image)
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NO. 126. LORD CARINGTON AND ELEPHANT.