4. Hush! My Wife! My wife!
The fourth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
The fourth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
The fifth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
[Original caption] Madras, Date Palms. This is a corner, probably of the People's Park at Madras, which the city owes to energy of its sometime Governor, Sir Charles Trevelyan.
A wonderfully posed studio shot by Plate & Co., the well-known Colombo postcard publisher and portrait artist.
[Original caption] Narsingarh - The Lake. Narsingarh is the capital of the state of that name in central India. It was founded in 1687 and is most picturesquely located on the shore of an artificial lake with a fort and palace on the height above.
An self-published, artist-signed postcard of India, [Verso] "to be obtained from Miss Barne, St. Ebbas, Madras and from Miss Farnell, 56, Manchester Square, W.
[Original caption] Damayanti is creeping stealthily to catch the golden Hansa. [end]
In the Mahabharata Hansa, the swan, extolls the virtues of King Nala to her and says "If the peerless wed the peerless—blessed must the union be," in one of the
[Original caption translated] "Indian vehicle harnessed with 2 mules used for refueling [end]. One of many French postcards celebrating Indian troops who fought on the Allied side in World War I. Note the snow on the ground.
Most likely a dancer given her anklets, Goa, as a Portuguese Colony, was not well-represented in British Indian postcards.
Inside a studio, the barefoot milkmaid seems caught out of place.