His Excellency Jung Bahadoor, Ambassador from the Court of Nepaul, 1850. 'The General's visit to this country is as Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Nepaul to the Queen of England, and he is charged with a complimentary letter and costly presents. The General is a handsome and most intelligent man, about thirty-two years of age, very dark, with long jet-black hair. He is the first Hindoo of high cast that has visited this country. He is considered one of the foremost men in India, possesses great power and influence in Northern Hindostan, and has rendered great services to the East In


His Excellency Jung Bahadoor, Ambassador from the Court of Nepaul, 1850. 'The General's visit to this country is as Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Nepaul to the Queen of England, and he is charged with a complimentary letter and costly presents. The General is a handsome and most intelligent man, about thirty-two years of age, very dark, with long jet-black hair. He is the first Hindoo of high cast that has visited this country. He is considered one of the foremost men in India, possesses great power and influence in Northern Hindostan, and has rendered great services to the East India Excellency wears a rich Oriental costume, profusely wrought in gold, and glittering with diamonds, pearls, and precious stones, stated to be worth £150,000 sterling. He several public institutions; and has taken a box at Her Majesty's Theatre'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.


Size: 3276px × 4960px
Photo credit: © The Print Collector / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: /, 19th, 19th-century, ambassador, apparel, bahadoor, bahadur, bir, black, britain, british, bw, century, clothing, collector, colonel, commissary, company, concept, country, diplomat, dress, east, engraved, engraving, epaulet, epaulette, epaulettes, exotic, fashion, gold, guy, head-dress, headdress, headgear, illustrated, iln, india, juggut, jung, koonwur, kunwar, location, london, maharaja, maharajah, male, man, men, metal, minister, narsingh, nepal, nepalese, nepali, news, newspaper, newspapers, nineteenth, people, plume, plumed, political, politician, politicians, politics, portrait, precious, press, prime, prince, print, rana, ranajee, ranaji, royal, royalty, shumshere, stone, stones, trade, uniform, unknown, victorian, white