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Description: | Head-and-shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of Cursetjee Furdomjee (1812-1896), from the Album of cartes de visite portraits of Indian rulers and notables, taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the early 1870s. Cursetjee Furdomjee Parekh was a wealthy merchant who went to China in 1835. He became a partner of the well known firm of Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Sons and Company in 1841. He also traded with Europe and China. He was the owner of several ships and was a trustee of the Parsi Punchayat. He built the celebrated Flora Fountain in the heart of the Bombay. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Bourne and Shepherd | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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