Interior photos were uncommon at this time; photo historian

commented “How very interesting to see the hybrid style, including western pictures and heavy furnishings (e.g. the mantelpiece drapes or 'lambrequin') juxtaposed with beautiful carved Indian furniture, the elephants and brass plant pots. It's an absolutely fascinating scene.”

This (see left) photograph of a horse and its keeper is one of the pictures (the leftmost) hanging on the wall of the drawing room shown above.

Below:
Eric's Own balconies

Below, at Eric's Own:
Robert Humphreys and friends,
among them Gertrude Mahony (right, sitting)

family as "Cous" for cousin. Her mother Rebecca was the aunt ­of Robert Humphreys' wife Annie née Richey, and Gertrude occupied the position of an honorary aunt to their children. In 1903-4, at the age of 27, she went out to visit the family in India, when Brian (the eldest of the children) was a toddler, and left an extensive description of the journey in letters ("Steaming to Simla India. Letters from a Journey of Gertrude Mahony 1903-1904").