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21. Photo 54(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(25)
Title:
Waterfall, Simla. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards waterfall, with porters and jampans (a type of sedan chair) grouped in the middleground on the riverbank. Duplicate at Photo 222 (51). Subjects = hill stations; jampans; road transport; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 54(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(16)
Title:
Marias in dancing costume [Chanda region]. Photographer: Ritter, Molkenteller and Company, R.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Maria dancers and musicians. Letterpress continues: 'The Marias are an aboriginal race inhabiting the eastern highlands of Chanda; they are passionately fond of dancing, and their dancing costume is very quaint. Peacock feathers, straw rope tu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 54(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(43)
Title:
[Elphinstone Circle, Bombay.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking west across Elphinstone Circle from the Town Hall towards the tower of the cathedral church of St Thomas. Inscribed on reverse of mount 'To His Honor The Lieut. Governor By the Bengal Photographic Society'. Subjects = British colonial architec...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 54(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(1)
Title:
The Judges of the High Court of Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of judges, with following identifications supplied in pencil by Sir George Campbell: [standing]: Mr Justice Macpherson; Mr Justice Glover; Mr Justice Elphinstone Jackson; Mr Justice Phear; Mr Justice Steer; The Native Judge (name I forget) [Pandit Babo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 54(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(2)
Title:
[Unidentified portrait, taken in London.] Photographer: Maull and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing studio portrait of an unidentified man. Subjects = unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 54(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(21)
Title:
Cemetery - Simla. Photographer: Howard and Bourne
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = cemeteries; hill stations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 54(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(24)
Title:
Hill Coolies [Simla]. Photographer: Howard and Bourne
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio group portrait of five porters. The figure on the left holds a folded dandy (a cloth hammock on a pole for carrying passengers), while two others have khiltis or kiltas (wicker baskets carried on the back like rucksacks). Although unsigned, this is almos...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 54(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(10)
Title:
Tomb of Sher Sha Suri, Sasaram, Shahabad District, Bihar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Faded and dirty print mounted on card numbered '133'. General view from the south-east of the mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri (1540-1545), standing on a stepped square plinth overlooking a tank. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); tombs ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 54(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(20)
Title:
Simla from Inverarm. Photographer: Howard and Bourne
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking east along the ridge towards the main part of the town, with Christ Church visible in the distance. Inverarm, presumably the bungalow in the foreground, was situated a little to the east of Peterhof.. Subjects = hill stations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 54(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(17)
Title:
[Group of Lushai tribesmen of Assam.] Photographer: Westfield and Company, W.F.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Lushai tribesmen posed in front of a cane house. Subjects = ethnic groups; Lushais (ethnic group)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item