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Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Album presented to Lt. Col. H. Wilberforce-Bell...by...

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Title
Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Album presented to Lt. Col. H. Wilberforce-Bell...by the ruler of Bhor when the Agent came to Bhor to open the Laxmibai Bridge over the River Nira...on the 20th June 1933, after the transfer of the Deccan States...' Photographer(s): Unknown.
Date
1933
Description

Leather bound album, measuring 325 x 405 mm, contained in a blue box. Both the box lid and the album cover carry the coat of arms of the ruler of Bhor, inscribed with motto, 'In him I trust, Raghunathrao S....Chief of Bhor'. Title and coat of arms are in gold lettering. The inside front cover contains Wilberforce-Bell's bookplate and a label reading, 'Bound at the Caxton Works, Bombay'. Photographs are mounted with letterpress captions and interleaved with tissue. Album has now been re-boxed. Original buckram cover of box removed and retained.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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24 items
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Immediate source of acquisition
Presented by the executors of Sir Harold Wilberforce-Bell, October 1965, via Messrs Parker, Marsh, Charlton and Eastham.
Physical condition
Dimensions: 210 mm x 296 mm to 290 mm x 239 mm.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7c72a4ca-c60b-4cac-9d04-70033f52155a/

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Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Album presented to Lt. Col. H. Wilberforce-Bell...by the ruler of Bhor when the Agent came to Bhor to open the Laxmibai Bridge over the River Nira...on the 20th June 1933, after the transfer of the Deccan States...' Photographer(s): Unknown.