Studio portrait of an Parsee woman and child, Bombay. Photographer: Hurrichund Chintamon.
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Studio portrait, with woman standing, child seated on European style chair. Print shown at Paris Exhibition of 1867. See Photo 150 (20) for another portrait of this woman, taken during the same sitting but with a different child seated in the chair. This photograph is probably by William Johnson...
Andamanese group with Mr Homfray, their keeper, photographed at Calcutta. Photographer: Saché and Westfield
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Portrait of seven Andamanese youths and Jeremiah Nelson Homfray, Superintendent of the Andamanese Orphanage. Oval image. The Andamanese were brought to Calcutta, where they were displayed to the members of the Asiatic Society, before being taken to the studio of Saché and Westfield, where they w...
Large group posed in front of verandah of house, some wearing livery. The Bankotis are defined by Edwardes as a group of hereditary servants from the Konkan: 'A certain number of Konkanis, known as Bankotis, are employed as menials in Hindu households and are somewhat highly paid, their wages ha...