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The Lafayette Studio and Princely India
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Pages: 96 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)
About the Book The negative archive of the Lafayette photography studio, discovered in 1968 and how had by the Victoria & Albert Museum . London. reveals a panoply of Indian rulers who made the arduous trip to the heart of the Empire and were photographed heavily bejewelled and in exotic finery the courts of queen Victoria and King Edward VII expected n less of them. The immaculately preserved negatives in this India collection reconstruct a vanished history of reconstruct a vanished history of opulence. Grandeur and pageantry that laced the great state occasions of this period. In these image. M. Lafayette (late of paris) of Bond street. Presents the maharajas , maharanis and nawabs as they wished to be remembered by posterity. About the Author Russell Harris studied Oriental Studies at Balliol College, Oxford. He has translated novels and political works from French and Arabic and written for many scholarly publications on middle Eastern affairs and food history . In recent years he has collaborated with the national Portrait Gallery . London to showcase displays of Images from their archives. The result of his research on the Lafayette Negative Archie. Held by the Victoria & Albert Museums London have been shown in Pakistan, India , Romania , Britain and Austria. Foreword Photographic excellence is apparent is many forms, archive at the Victoria & Albert Museum (V& A) is the epitome of the high – society portrait . made with the most advanced photographic technology of time (the black and white glass plate negative) these photographs match a well –developed and repeatable studio style with the exceptional image quality of the large format photographic negati
Product details
Number of Pages:
95
Release Date:
2009-10-22
Publication Date:
2009-10-22
Publisher:
Roli Books Pvt Ltd
Languages:
Published:
English,
Original:
English
ISBN10:
8174363599
ISBN13:
9788174363596
Weight:
48 g
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