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Language Not applicable Name Simpson, Benjamin, 1831-1923

61. Photo 972, 1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(51)
Title:
Cheboo Lama, Minister of Sikhim. Tibetan. Sikhim. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders quarter-profile portrait. Oval image. 'The Cheboo-Lama, late the Dewan, or Prime Minister, of the Sikhim State, was originally a student of Mendooling, a famous college or school in Tibet, two journies east of Lhassa...The Lama's first introd...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 972, 1(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(52)
Title:
Lama (Buddhist priest). Tibetan. Pemianchi, in Tibet. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders full-face portrait. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; lamas; printed books; Tibetans; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 972, 1(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(53)
Title:
Tibetan. Buddhist. Tibet. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Tibetans; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 972, 1(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(54)
Title:
Bhotia. Buddhist. Tibet. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait. Oval image. Subjects = Bhutias (ethnic group); ethnic groups; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 972, 2(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(61)
Title:
Limboo. Aboriginal - Trans-Himalayan. Nipal. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders quarter-profile portrait. Oval image. Reproduced as a lithograph , plate 25 (a), in Edward Tuite Dalton, Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal (Calcutta, 1872). Subjects = ethnic groups; Limbus (ethnic group); printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'Pe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 972, 2(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(62)
Title:
Limboo female. Aboriginal - Trans-Himalayan. Nipal. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders full-face portrait of a woman wearing a large nose-ring and other jewellery. Oval image. Reproduced as a lithograph, plate 25 (b), in Edward Tuite Dalton, 'Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal' (Calcutta, 1872). Subjects = ethnic groups; jewelle...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 972, 2(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(63)
Title:
Limboo Group. Aboriginal - Trans-Himalayan. Nipal. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated group of two men and a woman. Oval image, faded. Subjects = ethnic groups; Limbus (ethnic group); printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 2, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 972, 2(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(64)
Title:
Limboo Group. Aboriginal - Trans-Himalayan. Nipal. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of five armed men. Subjects = ethnic groups; Limbus (ethnic group); printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 2, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 972, 2(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(65)
Title:
Magar or Muggur. Military tribe. Nipal. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders full-face portrait. 'They are largely enlisted in the Nipalese army, and are excellent soldiers, having formed a considerable portion of the Goorkha regiment enlisted by Sir C. Napier in 1850...' Subjects = ethnic groups; Magars; printed bo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 972, 2(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(66)
Title:
Magar group. Military tribe. Nipal. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of eight men, armed with bows and swords. Oval image. Subjects = arms and armour; bows and arrows; ethnic groups; Magars; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 2, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item