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1. Photo 20(27)

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Photo 20(27)
Title:
Monastic dancers at Tongsa Jong [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of three costumed dancers, standing in a courtyard of the dzong, holding drums and cymbals. This photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 444), with the following caption: 'Lamas in their gorgeous silk vestments - Tongsa Jon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 20(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(28)
Title:
Devil dancers—Tongsa Jong [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of costumed dancers and musicians gathered in a courtyard in the dzong at Tongsa. The photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 439), with the following caption: 'A group of masked dancers—Tongsa-Jo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 127(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 127(70)
Title:
Cashmere nautch girl. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of a reclining Kashmiri nautch girl. ethnic groups; Kashmiris;
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 394(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 394(16)
Title:
Natch girls of Srinugger, Cashmere. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Bourne no. 810.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 430/3(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/3(59)
Title:
Nautch girls [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated group, with musicians. Subjects = Afghanis; Curzon Collection; dance; ethnic groups; musicians; nautches;
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 430/3(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/3(60)
Title:
Nautch girls [Kabul]. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Burke 286' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of three young dancing girls, seated on a rug. Photograph reproduced in Omar Khan, 'From Kashmir to Kabul. The Photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900' (Prestel, 2002), p. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879-1880
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/42(4364)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4364)
Title:
Studio portrait of two Burmese dancers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Carte-de-visite sized print on mount with decorative border in gold and red. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/42(4365)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4365)
Title:
Studio portrait of a Burmese dancer. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Study of the male dancer also seen in print 4364. Carte-de-visite sized print on mount with decorative border in gold and red. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/42(4366)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4366)
Title:
Studio portrait of two Burmese dancers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Portrait of the two dancers seen in print 4364, seated on the floor. Carte-de-visite sized print on mount with decorative border in gold and red. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/42(4367)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4367)
Title:
Studio portrait of a Burmese dancer. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of the female dancer also seen in prints 4364 and 4366. Carte-de-visite sized print on mount with decorative border in gold and red. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item