Maharaja portraits, a set of 5 prints in various techniques, India, 19th-20th centuries, comprising:
1 probable silver print showing Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner with his son Sadul Singh and grandson Karni Singh, 15.5x10.5 cm (print). Print glued to a folding cardboard, one of the cardboards with a dry stamp of the Herzog & Higgins photographic studio with coat of arms
A similar portrait was sold at Bonhams, 6 October 2009, lot no. 260. The portraits in this lot are dated between the 1890s and 1930s
1 platinum-palladium print showing a bust portrait of Nripendra Narayan, Maharaja of Cooch Behar, wearing a turban and multiple ornaments, 30x22.5 cm (print). This Maharaja was Knight Grand Commander (GCIE) of the Order of the Indian Empire and wears the collar and medal. A similar print, with a larger frame, attributed to Bourne & Shepherd, dated 1903, is in the Royal Collection Trust, inv. no. RCIN 2916622
1 probable platinum-palladium print showing a portrait of Lokendra Singhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Ratlam, standing in an interior, leaning on a chair and a sword, 35.5x26 cm (print) (restorations) Provenance: Bonhams, London, 6 October 2009, lot no. 305. The portraits in this lot are dated between 1919 and 1925 (the Maharaja of Ratlam is considered, probably incorrectly, as the Maharaja of Jodhpur)
1 platinum-palladium print showing a full-length portrait of Madhavrao II Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior, standing, leaning on a sword, 19x14 cm (print). Provenance: Bonhams, London, 26 October 2007, lot no. 278. The portrait is dated circa 1905
1 silver print showing a portrait of Muhammad Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur, nawab of Malerkotla, ca 1920, seated in an interior, holding a sword, wearing an ornate turban, 28.5x22.5 cm (print). On the cardboard of the print, inscription "Hamilton Sutdios Ltd/Simla". This nawab was a Knight Commander (KCSI) of the Order of the Star of India and wears the medal and badge. He was also a Knight Commander (KCIE) of the Order of the Indian Empire and wears the medal. Provenance: Bonhams, London, 13 October 2006, lot no. 227