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Where tehzeeb still lives -
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Where tehzeeb still lives

We spent an evening soaking in the gracious warmth of the city, as personified by the home of Meera and Muzaffar Ali

Reading the ruins -
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Reading the ruins

Walking through The Residency today is like listening to the whispers of a ghost town.

Portrait of a nation -
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Portrait of a nation

Photographs that form a compelling narrative about India in the 19th century

The Sarmaya guide to power posing in the 1800s -
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The Sarmaya guide to power posing in the 1800s

If you were landed, wealthy and influential in 19th-century India, you simply had to get a photograph taken. Here’s what we’ve learnt about taking a great photo from the lords and ladies of colonial India.

19th-Century Photography: Painted Photographs -
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19th-Century Photography: Painted Photographs

At: Pundole’s Auction House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai; On: 17th February, 2018 Hand-painting of photographs is a method of manually adding colour to a photographic print in order to highlight certain areas, add more depth and enhance the overall aesthetics of the image. In India, it gained massively in popularity among royalty and wealthy art patrons, who… Read more »

19th-Century Photography: Albumen Printing -
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19th-Century Photography: Albumen Printing

At: Pundole’s Auction House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai; On: 3rd & 4th February, 2018 Albumen printing was invented in the early 19th century, and quickly became the most popular medium of the time. The process, which was in use till the 1920s, uses albumen from egg whites as a binding agent to adhere chemicals to paper and… Read more »