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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972 Language Not applicable Name Waterhouse, James, Major-General and photographer, 1842-1892

1. Photo 972, 7(354)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(354)
Title:
Dhangees. Hindoos. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'This group consists of a young Dhangee chief, Rajah Krishna, and a relation probably, sitting by him, with four attendants behind, one of whom carries a chowree of yak's tail. The young chief is superbly dressed in cloth of gold, but seems particularly ill at ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 972, 7(355)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(355)
Title:
Saonras. Aboriginal tribe. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seven men and women, grouped in two rows, with a wicker basket standing in front. 'The Saonras are one of the sections of the aboriginal tribes of the Central Provinces, not far removed from the Gonds, either in appearance or in habits; but they have the credit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 972, 7(356)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(356)
Title:
Koormees. Hindoo cultivators. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group of eight men, women and children. 'Koormees, or Kumbis, are Sudra Hindoos of good rank in the social scale all over India; a most industrious and hard-working people wherever they are found, with no imputation of normal crime attached to them,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 972, 7(357)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(357)
Title:
Rao Krishn Rao. Hindoo. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Full-length portrait, seated at a table, writing. 'Rao Krishn Rao is a Mahratta pundit, who resides at Saugor. As he forms one of a group (No. 359), in which others of his class are represented, further mention of him here is unnecessary; and, indee...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 972, 7(358)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(358)
Title:
Lodhas. Hindoos. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image, yellowed and fading. Full-length portrait of four figures, seated in a row in European chairs. 'The Lodhis are a tribe of cultivators who much resemble Jats. Many years ago a number of them emigrated from the Upper Provinces and settled in the Nerbu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 972, 7(359)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(359)
Title:
Mahratta Pundits. Brahmins. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of four figures, seated in a row in European chairs, with attendant standing behind. Same composition and setting as print 358. Rao Krishn Rao, seen in print 357, is seated second from right. 'The present group consists of Brahmins who are ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 972, 7(360)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(360)
Title:
Toolsee. Hindoo Dacait. Jubbulpoor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Full-length standing portrait. 'Toolsee is an old dacoit of Central India, and is imprisoned at Jubbulpoor, where he has become an approver against dacoits...' Subjects = crime and criminals; dacoits; ethnic groups; printed books; Watson and Kaye,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 972, 7(361)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(361)
Title:
Noor Khan. Mussulman Thug. Saugor [sic, for Jabalpur?]. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Full-length standing portrait: 'This man is a prisoner for life and approver in the jail at Jubbulpoor. He is a native of the district of Baragaon, in Gualior, and is a Mussulman...He was apprehended and tried in 1835, and has been in confinement since then. His age, if he is still living, may b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 972, 7(362)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(362)
Title:
Rajah of Gungyee. Hindoo. Nursingpoor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Full-length seated portrait, with sword resting across lap. 'As this person is not mentioned in any of the official lists...it can only assumed that he is one of the petty chiefs with whom that province abounds. They are partly Gond, partly Rajpoot,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 972, 7(363)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(363)
Title:
Bheels Vindhyan Range. Aboriginal tribe. Mundlaisur [Mandleshwar]. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group of nine figures. 'The group of Bheels, or Bhils, is taken from members of the Malwah Bheel corps, and the men have a much more civilized look than in their native condition. They have been drilled, and are soldiers of government, which has imp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item