{"product_id":"chelmsford-viceroy-india-visit-kashmir-1918-123042","title":"Visit of His Excellency Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy and Governor General of India, to Kashmir 1918.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eInscription reads: 'John A. Denny \/ Captain: A.D.C [aide-de-camp] to H. E. the Viceroy \/ Simla 1919'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharming commemorative photograph album of Lord Chelmsford's visit to Kashmir and Jammu in his capacity as Viceroy and Governor-General of India in 1918. Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868-1933) was Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921 and was responsible for the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms which introduced the first self-governing institutions of India, namely the the Central Legislative Assembly and the Council of State.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLord Chelmsford also visited the Punjab and met Maharajah Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur (1872-1949), the last ruling Maharaja of Kapurthala, and the photgrphas show the two at various state functions. The photographs also provide a mixture of military shows and landscape of Kashmir, with the three large folding panoramas particularly pleasing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandscape folio (31.5 x 42 cm); 126 numbered and mounted photographs, with one additional loose photograph, inscribed by Captain Denny to front blank, discreet Bombay bookbinders ticket to pastedown, photographs a little age faded as expected, some slight spotting to card margins only; original half red morocco, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to upper board, flat gilt spine, a little worn, in very good condition.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ALIMCHAND, Dewan (photographer).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57497421676919,"sku":"123042","price":3750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123042_01_d8d63207-d39b-41c0-80f3-6616b5a8129d.jpg?v=1790613741","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/chelmsford-viceroy-india-visit-kashmir-1918-123042","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}