Hand-Coloured Photographs From India

In the nineteenth century Indian artists adopted the Western technique of tinting of photographs, combining it with their art of miniature painting.

Studio of Raja Deen Dayal 

Azam Jah, son of Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad 

1915

Courtesy of Bonhams - London

Signed Raja Deen Dayal in pencil.

Unidentified photographer/creator 

Nawab of Bahawalpur 

1930 

Bonhams - London

Unidentified photographer 

Indian nobles 

1900 

Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography

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