The following editorial comment regarding this plate appears on p. 179:

EDITORIAL NOTES.

We are particularly pleased this week in being able to present to our readers a frontispiece worthy of the highest position in the ranks of photographic art productions. On another page will be found a lengthy account of the life and work of the artist, Mr. Shapoor N. Bhedwar, so that it will be unnecessary for us to make any further mention here.

Shapoor N. Bhedwar:  1858-1915