Women of the [?]Mahar caste (Bombay). Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated carte-de-visite portrait of two women. The caste name, lightly pencilled in, appears to read Mhar. Subjects = ethnic groups; Mahars (caste)
Bhisti (water carrier). Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of a water carrier. Duplicate at Photo 210/2 (44). Second copy neg at B.587. Subjects = bhistis (water carriers); occupations; servants; water carriers
Domestic servant (bearer). Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing carte-de-visite portrait of a servant, standing behind a chair on which a dog sleeps. Second copy neg at B.588. Subjects = occupations; servants
Sher Ali (assassin of Lord Mayo) Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length seated carte-de-visite portrait of Sher Ali, handcuffed. A convict in the Andaman Islands penal settlement, he stabbed and killed Lord Mayo during the Viceroy's official visit to Port Blair in February 1872. Location of phorograph unknown, possibly in the...
[Jewellers of Galle, Ceylon.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Carte-de-visite study of a group of Galle jewellers gathered round a table with their wares. For larger format prints featuring the same group, see Photo 210/1 (52) and Photo 1224/1 (131).