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1. Photo 28/2(24)

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Photo 28/2(24)
Title:
Nautch girl and Musicians [Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a dancer and two musicians, taken at the same location as print 15. Exhibited Museum of Sydney, Encountering India, 16 May - 17 August 1997.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 28/2(23)

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Photo 28/2(23)
Title:
Cashmere females. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '809' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Bourne no. 809. Group portrait of Kashmiri women, seated and standing on a rug in front of an unidentified building, presumably at Srinagar. This is probably the group of nautch girls described by Bourne a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 28/2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(15)
Title:
Native Nautch at Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Group of dancers and musicians performing before an audience in the courtyard of a palace. Women in purdah can be seen looking down from a balcony through bamboo screens in the background. The print is unsigned but has been attributed to Charles Shepherd. Print 24 in this album of a dancer and t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 28/2(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(25)
Title:
Group of Bhooteas, Darjeeling. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1904' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Formally posed group of two men and two women, in front of a house at Darjeeling.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 28/2(27)

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Photo 28/2(27)
Title:
Group of native Thugs. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of seven thugs sitting on a rug. An unnumbered print, but almost certainly Bourne No.128, listed in the catalogue as having been taken at Simla. See also Photo 127 (67), for a carte de visite portrait of this group. The carpet on which they are seated is presumably a visual refer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 28/2(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(22)
Title:
Three of Sir Bhadoors favorite wives and his youngest son [Nepal]. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of four members of Sir Jang Bahadur's family, flanked by two female servants holding furled umbrellas and posed in front of a tent. A modern note below the caption identifies one of the women as possibly his daughter and refers for comparison to the po...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 28/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(13)
Title:
[Group portrait incorrectly captioned as] The Nawab of Bhurtpore and Suite [Should read: Sadiq Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Bahawalpur, and Council of Regency]. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography The photograph depicts the young ruler seated with state officials in the company of two European Political Agents. Sadiq Muhammad Khan (1862-1899) succeeded to the nawabship in 1866 as a child of four and during the period of his minority the administration was plac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item