It is said that a British photographer took a photograph of the Queen of Jhansi in 1850 when she was about 22 years old.
The photographer masqueraded under a German name “Hoffman” apparently because he had no chance of getting a photo opportunity if the Queen knew of his being a British. Photograph taken by “Hoffman” is given below:
At present, this photograph is in the possession of Ameet Ambalal, a painter in Ahmadabad. He bought it from somewhere in Jaipur for a sum of Rs. 150,000 (roughly about US$ 3200). Then Ambalal gave this photo to his photographer friend Vaman Thakre. Probably sometime in 2011, Thakre exhibited the photo in a photography exhibition in Bhopal.
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