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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Name Johnson, William, fl 1850-1869

1. Photo 140(40)

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Photo 140(40)
Title:
Costumes and characters of Western India. The Gosayins. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Note below caption reads: 'From a collodion negative, by W. Johnson'. The print is numbered 'No 1' and has a letterpress description. Subjects = ascetics; Gosains (caste)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 254/3(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 254/3(19)
Title:
Native boats at Tannah [Thane]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Local sailing craft moored at Thane, north-east of Bombay. This print is reproduced in The Indian amateurs photographic album (issue not noted), and there credited to William Johnson. Subjects = local craft; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 937(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 937(5)
Title:
Back Bay in 1861. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the Back Bay seashore, with local craft beached in the foreground. [Albumen print, 232x191mm]. Subjects = local craft; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 964/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(1)
Title:
Owdich Brahmins [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Brahmins (caste); ethnic groups; Johnson, 'The oriental races and tribes...' (vol 1, 1863); photomontage
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 964/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(2)
Title:
Nagur Brahmins [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of eight seated and standing figures, with a montaged background of an archway revealing a distant seascape. 'The Nagur Brahmins form a numerous and influential class both in Goozerat and in Bombay, and occupy positions of trust and responsibility in merc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 964/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(3)
Title:
Nagar Brahman Women [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Brahmins (caste); ethnic groups; Johnson, 'The oriental races and tribes...' (vol 1, 1863); photomontage; women
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 964/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(5)
Title:
Rajpoots [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of four men standing in front of a background of columns painted onto the negative. 'Bombay was visited last year by two of the Rajpoot chiefs of Goozerat, who, with their attendant nobelemen, form the subject of our picture.' Subjects = ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 964/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(6)
Title:
Bhats [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of two men. The background, in the form of a rocky landscape with the ruins of a fort wall, has been painted onto the negative. Subjects = Bhats (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Johnson, 'The oriental races and tribes...' (vol 1, 1863); pho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 964/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(7)
Title:
Khuwas and Golas [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of five men, posed in front of a partially completed landscape background painted onto the negative. 'Slavery - though not now a recognised insitution in India - has left traces over many parts of the country of its existence at no very distant period. Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 964/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(8)
Title:
Banians of Surat, Gogo, and Ahmedabad [at Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of five seated and standing figures, with a photomontaged background showing the north-eastern corner of the Banganga Tank and the Balaji and Siddheshwar Temples. 'We have here four pictures, in which Banians, as they are usually called, or Waneeas, as th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

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