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040-003131002 Collection Area Visual Arts

101. Photo 1000/42(4369)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4369)
Title:
Studio portrait of a group of Coorg chiefs. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Studio group portrait.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 item

102. Photo 1000/42(4379)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4379)
Title:
Studio portrait of three Camatti women of the mason caste. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Numbered 1926-221 on mount. and also inscribed India/B. Probably exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

103. Photo 1000/42(4374)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4374)
Title:
Full-length seated studio portrait of a young girl of an Indian princely family. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Subject unidentified. Inscribed on mount in pencil: 16-4803-C. Bengal. Div. 11. Class G. No. 1119. This is probably a catalogue reference to the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

104. Photo 1000/42(4327)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4327)
Title:
Deccan Brahmins, women of the Vinchoorka family, Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of two men and a child.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

105. Photo 1000/42(4395)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4395)
Title:
Group of Kota men and women, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of men and women posed in front of a thatched house. Variant of plate xv of James Wilkinson Breeks, An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris (India Museum, London, 1873), evidently taken on the same occasion, but with figures posed slightly differently.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

106. Photo 1000/42(4365)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4365)
Title:
Studio portrait of a Burmese dancer. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Study of the male dancer also seen in print 4364. Carte-de-visite sized print on mount with decorative border in gold and red. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

107. Photo 1000/42(4394)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4394)
Title:
Todas with clubs, etc., Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of four Toda men, carrying spears and clubs. One figure appears to be playing a flute-like instrument, while the crouching figure on the left holds a stringed instrument. Duplicate of print 1107.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

108. Photo 1000/42(4339)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4339)
Title:
Bankoty group, Bombay. Photographer: Hurrichund Chintamon.
Scope & Content:
Large group posed in front of verandah of house, some wearing livery. The Bankotis are defined by Edwardes as a group of hereditary servants from the Konkan: 'A certain number of Konkanis, known as Bankotis, are employed as menials in Hindu households and are somewhat highly paid, their wages ha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

109. Photo 1000/42(4375)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4375)
Title:
Full-length studio portrait of H. H. Chunnasee Rajoonath Pant. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait, the subject seated beside a heavily carved table on which stands a statuette..
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 item

110. Photo 1000/42(4326)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4326)
Title:
South Indian woman and child, Madras. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait, against a makeshift backdrop, of a woman and child. The face of the child, who stands on a chair, is blurred through movement. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item