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

Black and white photograph of a group of people. Men and boys, total 18, posed in three rows. Back row, seven men and boys standing. Middle row, five seated on a bench. Front row, six seated in chairs. A dog sits on the floor between the middle and front rows. They are on a striped rug. The background includes a brick wall with lattice windows and leafy vines. The men wear suits; some hold hats. The boys wear school uniforms. The photo is old with a sepia tone and thin gold border.

Artwork Details

Dimensions: 900 × 689 px
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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)

B. c/o Devonshire Regiment, Jhansi (recto)

B. c/o Devonshire Regiment, Jhansi (recto); Staff of Messrs. Glover & Co., Sindh Bridge (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)

His Eminence Commander in Chief and Party, Shimla

Group Taken at Nortekande Bungalow

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