Singhalese women. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Full-length carte de visite size studio portrait of a Singhalese woman, her right hand resting on a small table. Photograph uncredited, but possibly by Scowen and Co.
Well known faces at Galle [jewellers of Galle]. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Study of a group of four jewellery merchants of Galle, posed at a table with their wares. For another copy, see Photo 210/1(52) and for a carte de visite portrait of the same group, see Photo 127(98).
The Maharaja of Bhurtpore [Bharatpur]. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Bharatpur was visited by the compiler of this album between 8th and 10th March 1878. Print unsigned, but probably by Bourne and Shepherd. Full length seated studio portrait of Jaswant Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur (c.1850-93).
The Maharaja of Bhurtpore and Suite [Bharatpur]. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Bharatpur was visited by the compiler of this album between 8th and 10th March, 1878. Group portrait of Jaswant Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur, seated with his courtiers. Print unsigned, but probably by Bourne and Shepherd.
Inscription: Signed and numbered Shepherd & Robertson, Photo: 1120 in the negative. Three sword bearing men kneeling, holding swords. On the left stands a bearer holding a staff; with a large hookah in the foreground. Also, a barely legible inscription on the negative reads (?)'Pi611'.
The Seth of Muttra [Mathura]. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Mathura was visited by the compiler of this album between 11th and 13th March, 1878. Full-length seated studio portrait of a seth (rich merchant/donor) of Mathura. Tentatively identified as Seth Luchmee Chund. Photograph unsigned, but probably by Bourne and Shepherd.
Delhi. Bankers. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Shepherd and Robertson Photo:1110 in the negative. Full-length seated studio portrait of a group of four men. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'Group of Bankers (Delhi).'
Delhi. Embroiderer. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Shepherd and Robertson Photo:1125 in the negative but cropped in the print. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalague as 'Embroiderer.' The image shows two men, one seated on a chair another on the ground, weaving at a handloom.