Prinseps auction: Bid for first-edition rare books and documents from the Indian Independence Movement

The poster of Sardar Vallabhai Patel is another print published by Shyam Sunder Lal Agarwal. The original work was made by Rup Kishor Kapur; his works were regularly engraved and printed by Shyam Sunder Lal at Kanpur. Patel was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India and was the leader of the Indian National Congress and is considered to be one of the founders of the Republic of India. He contributed to India’s struggle for  independence and helped integrate its separate parts into one nation. The poster on the right is of Srimati Sarojini Naidu

Provenance: Private Collection