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441. Photo 1180

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180
Title:
The Cultivation of Jute in Bengal. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Collection of 89 prints in four albums (Photo 1180/1-4), documenting the cultivation, processing and preparation for export of jute. These views were probably taken in East Bengal (present-day Bangladesh). Many of the views in the collection are reproduced as plates in D. R. Wallace, The Romance...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:

Four albums, 89 items

442. Photo 1180/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1
Title:
Jute (cultivation and preparation). Vol. I. Johnston and Hoffmann, Calcutta. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:
Commercially produced photograph album (volume one of four), measuring 210 x 310 mm, half-bound in blue and green cloth, with title as above stamped in gilt on upper board. The volume contains 25 gelatin silver prints, mounted one to a page on card (recto only), with letterpress captions printed...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
25 items

443. Photo 1180/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(1)
Title:
Ploughing the jute field. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing workers ploughing a field with bullock ploughs.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

444. Photo 1180/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(2)
Title:
Beating clods of earth in jute field. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing two labourers beating clods of earth with long-handled mallets.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

445. Photo 1180/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(3)
Title:
Heavy laddering (preparing the earth) [in a jute field]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing two labourers at work with bullock-drawn laddering equipment, in a jute field.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

446. Photo 1180/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(4)
Title:
Sowing jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing an agricultural labourer sprinkling seed on prepared ground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

447. Photo 1180/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(5)
Title:
Light laddering previous to sowing [jute]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing a labourer operating bullock-drawn laddering equipment in a jute field.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

448. Photo 1180/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(6)
Title:
Harrowing after the jute seeds are sown. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing an agricultural worker operating a bullock-drawn harrow in a jute field.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

449. Photo 1180/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(7)
Title:
Jute (the first weeding). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing a squatting line of agricultural workers weeding a jute field.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

450. Photo 1180/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(8)
Title:
Jute (the second weeding). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing agricultural workers weeding a field of well-grown jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

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