Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh as Akbar Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh as Akbar NPG x31203
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Alexander Bassano
Eldest son of Maharaja Duleep Singh and Maharani Bamba. Studied at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Due to laws at the time, children of Indian descent were disqualified by parentage from the army however his Godmother, Queen Victoria, granted special dispensation for her godson to join the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst (1887). He held various positions in the Army until he resigned from the Royal Dragoons in 1898 to marry the sister of his friend George, Lady Anne Blanche... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










