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Collection Area Visual Arts Name Shepherd and Robertson

121. Photo 972, 4(194)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(194)
Title:
Nuts. Jugglers and acrobats. Low caste Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The present photograph has been selected because it shows a group of Nuts, in the act of performance of legerdemain tricks, in which they are very expert...' Subjects = acrobats; entertainers; ethnic groups; jugglers; Nuts; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

122. Photo 972, 4(195)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(195)
Title:
Sanseeas. Vagrants, of no particular creed. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of a man and two women. Oval imageThe Sanseeas are here characterized as an itinerant criminal tribe, 'essentially outcasts, admitted to no other caste fellowship, ministered to by no priests, without any ostensible calling or profession, totally ignorant...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

123. Photo 972, 4(196)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(196)
Title:
Oodassees. Sikh devotees. Mendicants. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two men, smeared with wood ash. Subjects = ascetics; beggars; ethnic groups; printed books; Udasis; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

124. Photo 972, 4(197)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(197)
Title:
Moghuls. Mussulmans, of royal family of Delhi. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Posed group of father and five children. Although not named in the accompanying letterpress, this group shows Mirza Illahe Baksh and his family (identification supplied by William Dalrymple).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

125. Photo 972, 4(198)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(198)
Title:
Moulvees. Mussulman lawyers. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography For other copies of this photograph (later printings, with the background whited out, see APAC Photo 15/10(49) and Photo 28/2(38). Subjects = lawyers; moulvies; occupations; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

126. Photo 972, 4(199)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(199)
Title:
Rajpoots. Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed group of four men. A faded print. 'The group photographed shows a party of Chohan soldiers, armed in the native manner. The figure on the right has a broad shield at his back, which is slung over his left shoulder, and can be disengaged in a moment...The ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

127. Photo 972, 4(200)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(200)
Title:
Brahmins. Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography '...A group of four persons is represented. One of these reading, probably from a sacred book, to a boy who is sitting on his right hand, and is most likely a pupil. The other two men are apparently listening, though the youth on the right of the group may be a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

128. Photo 972, 4(201)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(201)
Title:
Marwarrees. Hindoo merchants, originally from Marwar. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Marwaris; occupations; printed books; reading & writing; traders; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

129. Photo 972, 4(202)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(202)
Title:
Mewattees. Mussulmans. Originally Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed group of four men: '...The group represented in the photograph is a fair specimen of the lower classes of the tribe, when without arms, and acting as farm labourers or in other menial capacity.' Subjects = ethnic groups; Mewatis; printed books; Watson a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

130. Photo 972, 4(203)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(203)
Title:
Bairagees. Hindoo devotees. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three men. Oval image. '...Two members of the order are given in the guise in which they usually appear, either when migratory as performing pilgrimages, or engaged in local practices of penance...The central figure may have been a Brahmin or Rajpoot, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item