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101. Mss Eur G91(193a)

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Mss Eur G91(193a)
Title:
Smarta Laukika. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged on coir matting. Secular ('Laukika') Smarta Brahmin. [Albumen print, 99x123mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; Brahmins (caste); ethnic groups; Smarta Brahmins
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

102. Mss Eur G91(193b)

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Mss Eur G91(193b)
Title:
Smarta cultivators. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of two men seated cross-legged on coir matting. [Albumen print, 106x118mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; ethnic groups; farmers; occupations
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

103. Mss Eur G91(193c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(193c)
Title:
Komati. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of man seated cross-legged on coir matting. [Albumen print, 92x116mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; ethnic groups
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

104. Mss Eur G91(193d)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(193d)
Title:
Smarta Vaidika [Brahmin]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a Brahmin Vaidika ('religious men, who officiate in temples and keep themselves nominally aloof from wordly pursuits'), seated on a wooden box against a plain backdrop. Of the schools of Hindu religious teaching in Mysore, 'the Smartas h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

105. Mss Eur G91(193e)

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Mss Eur G91(193e)
Title:
A Madhava [Brahmin]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated portrait of a Madhva Brahmin, a follower of the dualistic doctrines of the South Indian brahmin Madhva: 'The Madvas say that the creator and his creatures are separate, their doctrine being called dwaitam [dvaita, duality]'. [Albumen print, 95x125mm]. Subjects = Bowring Col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

106. Mss Eur G91(194a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(194a)
Title:
Vadagale Vaishnava Brahman [Mysore]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a young man, seated on floor and leaning on a low desk. This portrait is also used in Watson and Kaye's 'People of India': see Photo 972/8 (409). It is there captioned, 'Sri Vishnu Brahmin, Mysore.' [Albumen print, 103x100mm]. Subjec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

107. Mss Eur G91(194b)

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Mss Eur G91(194b)
Title:
Vaishnava trader [Mysore]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged on floor. This portrait is also used in Watson and Kaye's 'People of India': see Photo 972/8 (410). It is there captioned 'Sri Vishnu Brahmin, Mysore.' [Albumen print, 95x125mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; Brahm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

108. Mss Eur G91(194c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(194c)
Title:
Vaishnava Vairagee [Mysore]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged on floor. This portrait is also used in Watson and Kaye's 'People of India': see Photo 972/8 (417). It is there captioned, 'Kunbi Dasare, Hindoo, Mysore': 'The very picturesque figure represented...is a Dasare, a membe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

109. Mss Eur G91(194d)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(194d)
Title:
Lingayat trader [Mysore]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged on floor. This portrait is also used in Watson and Kaye's 'People of India': see Photo 972/8 (422), captioned 'Lingayet. Hindoo. Mysore.' The Lingayata movement, founded in Southern India in the 12th century, recognize...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

110. Mss Eur G91(194e)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(194e)
Title:
Lingayat Jangama. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged on floor. This portrait is also used in Watson and Kaye's People of India: see Photo 972/8 (418), captioned 'Uppar. Hindoo. Mysore.' [Albumen print, 90x118mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; castes; Lingayats (caste...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item