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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Potters Level [41] Item

1. Photo 1000/52(4918)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4918)
Title:
Potters at work, near Karachi Photographer: Michie and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Scene in a pottery, with two potters at their wheels, a man in the foreground and finished work stacked behind. This print is from the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and is described as follows: 'Photograph showing potters' yard, on the bank of the 'Lyaree' River, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/52(4919)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4919)
Title:
Bombay potters at work. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two potters at work at their wheels, surrounded by finished work. Probably an exhibition print, unsigned but possibly by Shivashanker Narayen.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/52(4920)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4920)
Title:
Potters at work with a stone wheel, Karachi Jail. Photographer: Michie and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography This print is from the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and is described as follows: 'The man in the centre of the picture is represented putting his wheel in motion [with a length of wood]. When it has acquired sufficient velocity, the stick is thrown aside and the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/52(4921)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4921)
Title:
Potter at work, Pune (Poona). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/52(4922)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4922)
Title:
Potter at work, showing method of spinning the wheel, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two potters seated at wheel, with a third figure in the background. The wheel is spun by pushing with a stick along the perimeter. Prints 4922-4926 all appear to be the work of the same photographer, and the prints were probably shown at an exhibition in Europe.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/52(4923)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4923)
Title:
Potters of Ahmadabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing the same figure as in print 4922, seated at his wheel, with a donkey carrying packs of clay in the background. Prints 4922-4926 all appear to be the work of the same photographer, and the prints were probably shown at an exhibition in Europe. Oval image.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/52(4924)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4924)
Title:
Potters of Ahmadabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of potters, seated with pots. Same figure at wheel as in prints 4922-4923. Prints 4922-4926 all appear to be the work of the same photographer, and the prints were probably shown at an exhibition in Europe. Oval image.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/52(4925)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4925)
Title:
Kothee and Chudoo workers, potters of Ahmadabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Workers making large pots. Prints 4922-4926 all appear to be the work of the same photographer, and the prints were probably shown at an exhibition in Europe.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/52(4926)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4926)
Title:
Tile maker, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Potter making the cylindrical pipes that will be cut in half to make pan-tiles. Prints 4922-4926 all appear to be the work of the same photographer, and the prints were probably shown at an exhibition in Europe.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/52(4966)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4966)
Title:
Dubgurs at work, Surat. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men seated on a verandah, apparently making pots. 'Dubgur - a caste in the scale of Dheras, in Guzerat. They are also called Kalpa, or skinners.' (Glossary of Indian terms for the use of the various departments of the Government of the East India ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item