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87.[Photographer unknown].Chatham, Andamans.[c.1880] Two albumen prints. Good tonal rangeand in fair condition. One small tear in top rightcorner, titled and numbered in negative, pastedon paper. Dimensions: 230 by 290 mm(9 by 11.5 inches).ref: 74954 £62588.[IMPEY, Col. Eugene Clutterbuck].View from the Fort, Agra.1865. Albumen print. Good tonal range and ingood condition. Mounted on card. Printed captionbelow. Dimensions: 230 by 290 mm( 9 by 11.5 inches).Printed caption below reads: ‘This fort,as it now stands, was principally built byAkbar, in the latter part of the sixteenthcentury, and is of great solidity andabove a mile in circumference. It wastaken by Lord Lake in 1803. It overlooksthe Jumma, the bridge of boatsoverwhich, as also the railway station,are distinguishable in the plate. Impey(1830-1904) served most of his career inRajasthan, becoming the Assistant agentto the Governor General in Rajputana in1856 and the political agent in Alwarin 1858. He published eighty-onephotographs in a volume titled Delhi,Agra, and Rajpootana (Cundall, Downesand Co: London, 1865), with notes onthe images.ref: 75191 £95064 Early Travel Photography 1850 - 1950Bernard J Shapero Rare Books