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032-003048417 Collection Area Visual Arts

41. Photo 124(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(25)
Title:
Dandi Faqir, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of a Dandi 'faqir', a Hindu ascetic, taken against a plain background taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s. This print is one of a series of portrait studies of individuals and groups from Eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh and Assam).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 124(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(59)
Title:
[Weavers, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Two weavers at work at a loom in an open-sided mud-walled house 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(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(31)
Title:
Kochh Mandai woman, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
This photograph shows a half-length portrait taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s of a Kochh Mandai girl, posed holding a broad-bladed agricultural knife and carrying a newly-harvested durian fruit on her head.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 124(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(37)
Title:
Darwash (Dhara Wala), Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Portrait of two male figures, one seated in a European chair, the other standing. Both men hold tambourine-like instruments. A hand and arm can be seen in the background holding a plain photographic backdrop in place.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 124(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(61)
Title:
[Riverside scene, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the bank of a broad river (probably the Ganges), with local craft beached in the foreground. The nearest boat is a long, very narrow wooden fishing craft with sharp, upward pointing stem and stern.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

46. 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

47. Photo 124(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(71)
Title:
Nagas. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait (taken in the same studio as print 70) of five Naga men, wearing characteristic headgear with boars' tusks.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 124(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(38)
Title:
Gurmah, Khunsa, or Hijra, reputed hermaphrodite, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a reputed hermaphrodite and companions taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s. Hermaphrodites, also known today in South Asia as 'hijra', are often followers of the Hindu goddess Bahuchara Mata.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 124(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(9)
Title:
[Portrait of a (?)Manipuri man.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait against a plain background. Part of the background has also been filled in in the negative to make the figure's head stand out more prominently. Identification as a Manipuri is only tentative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 124(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(55)
Title:
Dhuniya, Muhammadan cotton carders, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
This print is one of a series of portrait studies of individuals and groups from Eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh and Assam) taken in the 1860s. It shows a group of Muslim 'dhuniya' or cotton carders with the instruments of their trade. Although the word 'dhuniya' is Sanskrit in origin and the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item