Genre: Architectural Photography Several votive stones piled against a wall. The picture was evidently used as an illustration in an unidentified work, a note beneath the image referring to 'Chap XI, inset no. 1 - p. 2 of M.S.' Subjects = religion; religion (Hinduism); votive stones
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across a wide river towards a large village set on the steep wooded hillside of the further bank. Location unknown. Subjects = river scenes; unidentified
[Roadside vegetable seller.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two women selling produce at the roadside, with a young boy making a purchase. Print unsigned, but probably by Nicholas & Co. Subjects = occupations; street traders
[Jugglers, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing a man securing a woman in a rope net preparatory to placing her in a basket, with a boy with a drum at the right. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '30. Jugglers, showing the basket trick'. Subjects = entertainers; jugg...
[Toddy tappers, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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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 ...