Charles Shepherd and Arthur Robertson
Nawab and Family, Delhi
About this artwork
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title:Nawab and Family, Delhi
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accession number:PGP R 1707
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materials:Albumen print
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date created:About 1862
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measurements:18.60 x 22.50 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
Charles Shepherd and Arthur Robertson
Charles Shepherd and Arthur Robertson
The photographic firm of Shepherd and Robertson was established at Agra in 1862. Samuel Bourne joined it in 1864 when it had moved to Simla. The firm, later called Howard, Shepherd and Bourne continued until 1870. The studio specialised predominantly in images with an anthropological and ethnographic concern, sometimes to…