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Language Not applicable Place Bangladesh, Asia Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 124(1)

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Photo 124(1)
Title:
Madaria Faqir, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of a Muslim ascetic against a plain background taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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2. Photo 124(2)

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Photo 124(2)
Title:
Sadhu Faqir, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait against a plain background. Exhibited in 'India Through the Lens', Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, December 2000 to March 2001. Exhibited in 'India: Pioneering Photographers 1850-1900', Brunei Gallery, London, 11 October - 12 Decem...
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Visual Arts
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1 item

3. Photo 124(3)

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Photo 124(3)
Title:
[Scholar with book, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length portrait against a plain background of the bespectacled figure of a Muslim scholar posed with a book by an unknown photographer and taken in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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4. Photo 124(6)

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Photo 124(6)
Title:
Darwesh (Chishtia), Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
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Portrait of a religious mendicant from Bangladesh by an unknown photographer, early 1860s. It shows a dervish of the Sufi Chishti order. Sufis are devotees of the mystical branch of Islam. In this case the man is a follower of the Indian saint Muin-u'd-din Chishti, whose shrine in Ajmer remains ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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1 item

5. Photo 124(7)

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Photo 124(7)
Title:
[Portrait of an elderly man wearing a skull-cap, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of an elderly Muslim man wearing a skull cap 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
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1 item

6. Photo 124(8)

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Photo 124(8)
Title:
Dosadh (syce), Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a Dosadh 'syce' or groom taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s. The aboriginal Dosadh tribe were traditionally associated with Bihar though some families lived in Dacca during the nineteenth century.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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1 item

7. Photo 124(10)

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Photo 124(10)
Title:
Kaibartha, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
This photograph shows a half-length portrait, against a plain background, of a Kaibartha man posed with a net taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
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Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 124(11)

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Photo 124(11)
Title:
[Woman of Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of a woman, standing with folded arms against a plain background. Hatching marks have been made in the negative on parts of the face and body, probably for reproduction purposes.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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1 item

9. Photo 124(12)

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Photo 124(12)
Title:
Acharj, Acharya, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of a youth against a plain background by an unknown photographer taken in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
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1 item

10. Photo 124(13)

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Photo 124(13)
Title:
Kulin Brahman, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait against a plain background. A noted colony of Kulin Brahmins was based at Lakshmipasa, in the Jessore District of Bangladesh, taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item