| Bourne & Shepherd Pathan Chiefs and attendants [Bourne and Shepherd's Royal Photographic Album of Scenes and Personages connected with H.R.H. the Prince of Wales' Tour in India 1876] 1875-1876 Albumen print 10.2 x 13.7 cm (image) The Royal Collection RCIN 2114150 LL/93492 Photograph of Pathan Chiefs and attendants. There are eleven men arranged in a group, some seated and others standing. All are wearing long robes and turbans and several are holding a sword. There is a building behind with two large arches and a door to the far left.
This is one of a series of photographs from a published volume documenting the tour the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, made of India in 1875-76. Included in the album are a group of photographs of local people.
Presented to Alexandra, Princess of Wales by her husband the Prince of Wales at Christmas 1876
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