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131. Photo 28/2(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(31)
Title:
Rajpoots [at Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Shepherd & Robertson 1120' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of four Rajput men, armed with muskets and swords. No.1120 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue. This study is also reproduced in volume 4 of Watson and Kaye, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

132. Photo 28/2(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(35)
Title:
Native acrobats. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View showing an acrobat balancing on top of a long pole erected in a courtyard, with a figure at the base playing a drummer. No.1101 in the Bourne & Shepherd catalogue.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

133. Photo 28/2(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(36)
Title:
Snake charmers. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Shepherd & Robertson Photo: 1123' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two snake charmers performing. Also published in John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, 'The People of India' (8 volumes, London, 1868-75) and the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

134. Photo 28/2(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(37)
Title:
Mahomedans [playing chess], Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Shepherd & Robertson: 1109' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait group of five figures gathered round a chess board. No.1109 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue. Subjects = chess; recreations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

135. Photo 28/2(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(38)
Title:
Moulvies. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of three men, seated on a carpet, with books spread out before them. This photograph also appears in John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, 'The People of India' (8 volumes, London, 1868-75), but without the background wall bleached out, a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

136. Photo 28/2(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(39)
Title:
Shrofs, money changers. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Shepherd & Robertson Photo' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two men seated in conversation on a wooden couch. This photograph is also reproduced in John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, 'The People of India' (8 volumes, Lond...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

137. Photo 32(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(3)
Title:
No.3. Skinner's Church, Delhi. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of St James's Church, known as Skinner's Church after Col James Skinner, who commissioned the building. Designed by Maj Robert Smith, it was built between 1826–36, with a cruciform plan, three porticoed porches and a central octagonal dome. Duplicat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

138. Photo 32(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 32(4)
Title:
No. 6. Mosque on ridge of Delhi, held by the mutineers, our batteries were in the foreground appear now to be levelled. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the mosque, showing evidence of bombardment. Part of the caption may be missing, and last section should perhaps give the sense of '...in the foreground where the ground appears now to be levelled'. Duplicate of Photo 193 (6). Subjects = Indian...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

139. Photo 35(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(91)
Title:
[Ruined building in Delhi, possibly the bank.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events The building was destroyed during the Indian Mutiny. [Modern print from original waxed calotype negative, 259x207mm]. Subjects = banks; British colonial architecture; European architecture in India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

140. Photo 35(92)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(92)
Title:
[Hindu Rao's House, Delhi.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events [Modern print from original waxed calotype negative, 470x374mm]. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; private houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

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