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Category
Photographs
Date
1919 (circa)
Materials
Measurements
133 x 230 x 35 mm
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 886556.44
Summary
A grey photograph album containing forty three photographs, 886556.1 to 886556.43, of the Khedda Operations in the Kakankota Forests of Mysore as witnessed in December 1919 by Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC (1868 – 1933), Viceroy and Governor General of India. The forty four black pages are held in place with black tie, and with one exception all photographs have green printed titles beneath and one page has a title but no photograph.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there with his two sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966. Probably belonged to the Hon. Alexander Agar-Robartes who was Aide-de-camp to Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India, in 1919.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside front cover: printed in black on white card and stuck on page KHEDDA OPERATIONS/IN THE KAKANKOTA FORESTS OF MYSORE/as witnessed by/HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CHELMSFORD/Viceroy & Governor-General of India./DECEMBER 1919. Inside back cover: printed blue label ALBUMS/CA. AGRIPPA/Order extra leaves by/letter and name