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121. Photo 515/1(23)

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Photo 515/1(23)
Title:
Snake charmer [South India]. 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

122. Photo 515/1(24)

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Photo 515/1(24)
Title:
[Farmer ploughing (or harrowing) with bullock team, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Probably either the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '214. Harrowing the ground', or '33. Native plough'. Subjects = agricultural implements; agriculture; crops; farming; ploughing; ploughs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

123. Photo 515/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(25)
Title:
[Palms, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Group of palms, with pool in foreground. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '76. Lotus tank and date palms'. Subjects = date palms; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

124. Photo 515/1(26)

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Photo 515/1(26)
Title:
[Potters, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two potters posed beside their wheel. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '39. Potters at work'. Subjects = arts & crafts; occupations; potteries; potters; pottery
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

125. Photo 515/1(27)

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Photo 515/1(27)
Title:
[Servant girls, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait against a painted backdrop of a young woman carrying two pots, with a younger girl standing beside her. Possibly the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '24. Cook and cook's maty [assistant]'. Subjects = occupations; servants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

126. Photo 515/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(29)
Title:
[Picotta (device for raising water), South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Two men operating a picottah, 'that ancient machine for raising water, which consists of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm...' (Hobson-Jobson). Probably the print listed in the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

127. Photo 515/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(30)
Title:
[Group of Hindu devotees, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of three men, one holding a drum, one s pilgrim trident and the centre figure standing on one leg. Subjects = ascetics
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

128. Photo 515/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(31)
Title:
[Catamaran on the beach at Madras.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = catamarans; fishing; fishing boats; local craft; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

129. Photo 515/1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(32)
Title:
[A group of schoolgirls with their teacher, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio group portrait with teacher seated in centre. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '134. A group of school girls'. Subjects = education; schoolchildren; schools
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

130. Photo 515/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(33)
Title:
[Dhobi, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Dhobi scrubbing a garment on a rock beside a river. Subjects = dhobis; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item