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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Headgear Level [40] File

1. Photo 99(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 99(30)
Title:
INDORE: Sir Tukoji Rao Holkar, Maharaja of Indore (1833-1886). Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait, with a servant bearing a fly whisk in the beackground. Print signed by photographer at bottom right. This portrait is also reproduced in woodburytype in J. Talboys Wheeler, 'The history of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi' (London [1877])...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1877
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 424(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 424(1)
Title:
Nowrajee Fasdoorjee [?] Esq. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length full-face studio portrait of a Parsi gentleman, seated with his right arm resting on a small table on which stand three books, and holding a book in his left hand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 424(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 424(4)
Title:
[Portrait of a Parsee man playing a sitar.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of a Parsee man, seated beside a small table and posed in the act of playing the sitar. The photograph is taken in the same studio setting as print 1 in this collection.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 424(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 424(8)
Title:
[Portrait of a young Indian man, probably from Bombay.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length portrait of a young man, wearing a Maharashtran turban and seated at a table, his right hand resting on two volumes entitled 'Ancient History,' and holding another book in his left hand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1084, 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 1(8)
Title:
Group of Nuns [Ta-tsang]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Seated group of nuns: 'This was taken at the nunnery of Ta-tsang, a most desolate spot, from which not a single habitation is to be seen. Our visit was a red letter day to the women, as none of them had ever seen a white man before. The wigs are made ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903-1904
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1113(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1113(83)
Title:
Lao Robertson. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of Robert Henderson Robertson, dressed in Lao clothing; original negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1113(135)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1113(135)
Title:
Moung Shway Attis son. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Moung Shway Attis' son holding an umbrella; original negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1146(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1146(24)
Title:
Tibetan Woman. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a Tibetan woman in native costume and decorative headgear.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1192(111)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(111)
Title:
Shan dacoit. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Full-length portrait of a Shan man, standing beside a tree and holding a rifle and dagger.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1295(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1295(99)
Title:
Typical Chinaman with large straw hat and tiny pipe, Burma. Photographer: Stereo Travel Company (New York)
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view, a half-length portrait of a Chinese man, probably a caravan man photographed at Bhamo. Image copyrighted 1908, by the Stereo Travel Company.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1908
Extent:
1 item