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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 124

41. Photo 124(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(40)
Title:
Urdha-Bahu Sannyasi, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Print showing a 'sanyasi' or wandering Hindu mendicant taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 124(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(41)
Title:
[Portrait of a street trader, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a Bangladeshi street trader taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 124(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(42)
Title:
[Portrait of an unidentified man, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait, taken in the open air, of a representative of an unidentified tribal group, posed with a stave and a musical instrument. He wears an ornate piece of headgear of many layers.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 124(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(43)
Title:
[Group of musicians and dancers, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Circular image: the print is vignetted due to the use of a lens of a longer focal length than is able to cover the whole negative surface.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 124(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(44)
Title:
[Group of (?)leatherworkers, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of Bangladeshi leatherworkers posed with the tools of their trade taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 124(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(45)
Title:
[Group of fakirs or religious mendicants, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of Hindu ascetics taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s. The three vertical lines painted on the foreheads in ash and sandalwood on some of the men indicate that these members of the group are followers of Vishnu, members of the Vaishnavite branch of Hinduism.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 124(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(46)
Title:
[Unidentified group, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Portrait of six adults and a baby from Bangladesh taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 124(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(47)
Title:
[Unidentified group, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Circular, vignetted image. Group portrait, taken in the open air, of men of an unidentified caste. They are posed posed among piles of straw of some kind, and this presumably indicates membership of one of the cultivator castes. Behind them is the photographer's temporary studio composed of wove...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 124(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(48)
Title:
[Unidentified female group, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a group of women and children from Bangladesh taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 124(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(49)
Title:
[Musicians and dancers, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Circular vignetted image. Full-length portrait of two male musicians carrying a drum and a stringed instrument, and two female dancers. The figures stand in front of the temporary studio in which many of the photographs in this series were taken.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item