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Sitter: H.H. Maharani Siniti Devi, CI (18.3.1887) (b. at Sens House, Calcutta, 1864; d. at Ranchi, 10th November 1932), sometime Regent of Cooch-Behar and President of the State Council, eldest daughter of Babu Keshab Chandra Sen. Married 5 March 1878 Colonel H.H. Maharaja Shri Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch Behar.
Date: 1 February 1921. Occasion: Visit to England RE: Health of the Maharaja. Location: The Lafayette Studio, 179, New Bond Street, London. Descr: TQL standing. Costume: - Costume Supplier: - Jewellery & Decorations: - Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.
Photographer: Lafayette, 179 New Bond Street, London. Evidence of photographer at work: - All images of sitter:
Copyright: V&A Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.
References: Biog: Who's Who in India, Lucknow, 1911, Part VIII, p 3; Sunity Devee, Maharani of Cooch Behar, The Autobiography of an Indian Princess, London, 1921; Gayatri Devi and Santha Rama Rau, A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur, London, 1984, p 40; Maharajah of Baroda, The Palaces of India, London, 1980; Biographical information provided by Christopher J Buyers , The Royal Ark http://www.dreamwater.net/regiment/RoyalArk/royalark.htm Occasion: The Times, 19 September 1911, p 6 Costume: - Costume Supplier: - Jewellery & Decorations: - Reproduced: (Versions) Sunity Devee, Maharani of Cooch Behar, op cit., frontispiece & p 239 ["with my granddaughter Pamela"].
Acknowledgements: -
1. NB Pauline Rohatgi, Portraits in the India Office Library and Records, London, 1983, p 277, refers to Sunita Devi |
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