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1. Photo 972

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972
Title:
'The People of India' (8 vols, London, 1868-75)
Scope & Content:
972/1 Prints 1-55 Racial types from Bhagalpur, Bihar, Chota Nagpur, Assam. The majority by Dr Benjamin Simpson. 972/2 Prints 56-110 Racial types frpm Darjiling, Nepal, Oudh, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Gorakhpur, Allahabad. Moradabad. 972/3 Prints 111-173 Racial types from Shahjehanp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 972, 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1
Title:
The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan. Volume I.
Scope & Content:
The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan. Volume I.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
56 items

3. Photo 972, 1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(1)
Title:
Sonthal. Aboriginal. Bhaugulpore Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders full-face portrait. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Sonthals; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868) Location = Bhagalpur; Bihar; India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 972, 1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(2)
Title:
Sonthal. Aboriginal. Bhaugulpore Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of two Sonthal men, seated in conversation. Oval image. Reproduced as a lithograph , plate 29(a), in Edward Tuite Dalton, Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal (Calcutta, 1872). Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Sonthals; Watson and Kay...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 972, 1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(3)
Title:
Pahari. Supposed Aboriginal. Bhaugulpore Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait. Oval image. 'The Paharis or Pahariahs of Bhaugulpore are a race, inhabiting the hilly and jungly country (the name signifies hillman) of that large territory. The Pahariah is much shorter than the Sonthal, slighter in m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 972, 1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(4)
Title:
Mullick. Soonee Mahomedan. Behar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders full-face portrait. Oval image. 'The Mullicks are considered by other tribes of Mahomedans a distinct race...but learned Mahomedans suppose that they were degenerate Hindoo Rajpoots who embraced Islam in the reign of Mahomed Ghoree. There is,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 972, 1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(5)
Title:
Mullick. Soonee Mahomedan. Behar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two men, apparently loading a musket. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; Mullicks; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 972, 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(6)
Title:
Musahar. Low caste Hindoo. Behar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Musahars; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 972, 1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(7)
Title:
Rujwar. Low caste Hindoo. Behar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait. Oval image, faded. 'Rujwars, or Rajwars, are a race, supposed (like the Boonyas, with whom they have much in common) to be aboriginal. They occupy the south-eastern hills of Behar...They have taken to a vagabond life; a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 972, 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(8)
Title:
Dosadh. Low caste Hindoo. Behar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Dosadhs; ethnic groups; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item