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101. Photo 515/1(2)

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Photo 515/1(2)
Title:
[Hindu ascetic with iron collar.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of an ascetic, sitting cross-legged with palm-leaf books in front of him and wearing a cumbersome metal collar. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '13. Devotee, with iron collar.' Subjects = ascetics; reading...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

102. Photo 515/1(3)

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Photo 515/1(3)
Title:
[Studio portrait of a South Indian family, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full length standing portrait of a man and a woman with a child at their feet. The woman holds a saucepan and the man a sitar-like instrument. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

103. Photo 515/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(4)
Title:
[Snake charmers, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = entertainers; snake charmers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

104. Photo 515/1(6)

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Photo 515/1(6)
Title:
[Two fishermen in a canoe, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = fishing; fishing boats; local craft; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

105. Photo 515/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(7)
Title:
[View of the waterfront, Madras.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

106. Photo 515/1(8)

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Photo 515/1(8)
Title:
[Toddy tappers, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Toddy tapper posed half-way up a tree, with a figure in the foreground carrying two jars of toddy slung on a yoke over his shoulder. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '40. Toddyman climbing a cocoanut tree.' Subjects = food and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

107. Photo 515/1(9)

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Photo 515/1(9)
Title:
[Festival car, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
View of a large wooden festival car. Oval image. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '276. Festival car.' Subjects = festivals; temple cars
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

108. Photo 515/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(10)
Title:
[Bullock-driven mill, Southern India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = agriculture; rural life; villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

109. Photo 515/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(11)
Title:
[Covered bullock cart, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Bullock cart with a palm thatch covering. Subjects = bullock carts; road transport; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

110. Photo 515/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(12)
Title:
[Horse-drawn carriage or jutka, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with passengers, drawn up in front of the studio of 'C. Varatharajulo & Co., Artists and Photographers' (who might possibly be the photographers of this image rather than Nicholas & Co., although the latter do list '31. Jutka. Two views' in their catalogu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item