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He was also an authority figure on Indian art and helped find the Quarterly Journal of Indian Art in 1886.  When the Residency Surgeon of Jaipur, he helped establish the Jaipur Museum in 1881. In 1883, he organised the Jeypore Exhibition of Decorative and Industrial Arts whose collection along with that of the museum was moved to the building now known as the Albert Hall Museum.  \r\n\r\nGiven by Col J. Holbein Hendley, C.I.E., 4 Loudoun Road, St. John's Wood, N.W. 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