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1. Photo 1224/2(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(44)
Title:
Rajpoots. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
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'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1224/2(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(49)
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1224/2(157)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(157)
Title:
Soldiers of Cashmere. Photographer: Frith's Series
Scope & Content:
Frith's Series blindstamp; also numbered and titled 3217 Soldiers of Cashmere in the negative. Studio portrait of a group of three uniformed soldiers.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1224/3(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(33)
Title:
[Three men, China]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of three seated men, holding fans. Image in carte de visite format printed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1224/3(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(36)
Title:
Cantonese [man]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter studio portrait of a man with a cap. Image in carte de visite format.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1224/3(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(55)
Title:
Actors. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of four Chinese actors, in costume.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1875
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1224/3(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(56)
Title:
Magistrate's Court. Photographer: Saunders, W.
Scope & Content:
Studio re-enactment of a Chinese trial scene. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.30.- A Court Scene. The presiding magistrate occupies the bench, and on either side are his clerks. The prosecutor, who, in this instance, holds some small official preferment, is seated to the right ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1224/3(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(57)
Title:
Men in Cangue. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of two men, undergoing the punishment of the 'cangue'. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.31.-The Cangue. The kia, or cangue, is a wooden frame, weighing about 201lbs, which is bolted round the neck of criminals convicted of certain minor offences. It rests on ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1224/3(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(58)
Title:
An Execution. Photographer: Saunders, W.
Scope & Content:
With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No. 32.- Decapitation. Our artist has seized the moment when the culprit, half stupefied with opium, having been shot out of the cage or basket in which he has reached the ground, has his queue firmly grasped and pulled over his head by a man who wil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1224/3(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(59)
Title:
Mandarins. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length hand-tinted studio portrait of a Chinese government official, wearing silk robes and a headdress.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1875
Extent:
1 item