Janus: The Papers of Edward Morgan Forster

King's/PP/EMF/27 contains:
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327	Egypt: Saad Zagloul Pasha
328	Egypt: Relief at Abydos
329	Egypt: pyramids
330	India: portrait of E.M. Forster in striped turban
331	India: portrait of E.M. Forster and the Maharajah of Dewas
332	India: portrait of E.M. Forster in Indian dress
333	India: playing jubu
334	India: portrait of Maharajah of Dewas in white robes
335	India: portrait of the Maharajah of Dewas in ceremonial robes
336	India: portrait of the Maharajah of Dewas with family and household, 1921
337	India: group portrait of Englishmen and Indians at Dewas
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The Papers of Edward Morgan Forster

Title	India: portrait of E.M. Forster in Indian dress
Reference	EMF/27/332 (former reference: EMF/B109/8)
Creator	Ramchandra and Pratap Rao
Covering Dates	1921 (Date has been supplied.)
Extent and Medium	1 item in oversize envelope; photographic print

Content and context

Professional studio portrait of E.M. Forster, seated, full length, wearing white robes with embroidered flowers or emblems, over white trousers, a silk shawl resting on his knees and a small dark turban. Taken at Indore and mounted on card, 30.6 x 24.6 (photograph 18.6 x 13.7). Inscribed on front of mount, by the Maharajah of Dewas, 'Mr E.M. Forster in his full official robes at an Indian Court' and signed by the Maharajah 'Tukoji Rao Puar / 31.10.21'. (Oversize)

Access and Use

Possibly published in the 1953 Edward Arnold edition of 'Hill of Devi'. Published in 'The Observer', Oct 11, 1953 (see EMF/18/9X).

Further information

An additional copy of this photograph is currently catalogued as EMF/27/995.

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