Group Taken at Nortekande Bungalow

Group Taken at Nortekande Bungalow by artist. Sepia-toned photograph of six people sitting and standing outside a wooden structure with diagonal slats, slats forming a triangular pattern on the wall behind them. Three men and three women, all wearing old-fashioned clothing, with two men sitting on a bench in the foreground and four people standing or sitting behind them. The background shows a doorway with a deer skull mounted on the wall inside. The man on the left wears a white shirt and light-colored pants. The woman next to him wears a dark dress with a white collar and buttons down the front. The man behind her wears a dark shirt. The woman next to him wears a white dress. The man on the right wears a light-colored suit and holds a pipe. The man on the far right wears a white shirt and pants and holds a curved object. The wooden structure appears to be a bungalow with a plant on the left side.

Artwork Details

Dimensions: 697 × 900 px
Museum Record: View original

Palette

Shimla 17th May 1887: Viceregal party. Lord William Beresford, Military Secretary, Captain Leonard Gordon A.D.C., Mademoiselle Clerc, The Honorable Basit Blackwood, Major F. R. Hamilton A.D.C., Mr. Oglivie Grant, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace K.C.E., Private Secretary, Dr. J. Findlay, Mrs. F. R. Hamilton, Master G. Hamilton, Lady Victoria Blackwood, H. E. The Countess of Dufferin, H. E. The Earl of Dufferin, Lady Hermione Blackwood, Lord Herbrand Russell, A.D.C. (recto)

Viceregal Party Shimla (verso)

Shimla 17th May 1887: Viceregal party. Lord William Beresford, Military Secretary, Captain Leonard Gordon A.D.C., Mademoiselle Clerc, The Honorable Basit Blackwood, Major F.R. Hamilton A.D.C., Mr. Oglivie Grant, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace K.C.E., Private Secretary, Dr. J. Findlay, Mrs. F.R. Hamilton, Master G. Hamilton, Lady Victoria Blackwood, H.E. The Countess of Dufferin, H.E. The Earl of Dufferin, Lady Hermione Blackwood, Lord Herbrand Russell, A.D.C. (recto); Viceregal Party Shimla (verso)

Principal and Teachers of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (recto)

High Class Students and Teachers at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (verso)

Col. Carpendale and family, Neemuch (recto, bottom)

His Eminence Commander in Chief and Party, Shimla

His Honor The Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab and Party, Shimla

The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, with Col. Adam, Captain H.V. Benett, Col. Becher, Gen. Knowles, Captain Herbert, Col. Cavaye, Mrs. Cavaye, and Gen. R. Gellispie, Mhow