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032-003041504 Language Not applicable Subject Traditional Dress

1. Photo 28/2(19)

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Photo 28/2(19)
Title:
Native Bankers, Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Shepherd & Robertson' (heavily cropped) in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length seated portrait of four merchants.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

2. 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

3. 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

4. Photo 28/2(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(30)
Title:
Jah [Jat] Sirdars, Bhurtpore. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of three men sitting on a rug, with a hookah on the left and a chobdar standing in attendance. Also publsihed in John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, 'The People of India' (8 volumes, London, 1868-75) and there captioned, Goojur Sirdars....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 28/2(25)

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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

6. 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

7. Photo 28/2(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(26)
Title:
Group of Bhooteas and Nepaulese. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 1906' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of five men and two women, posed in front of a doorway, beyond which can be seen a stack of wooden crates (presumably containing tea). The two women, probably estate labou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 28/2(12)

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Photo 28/2(12)
Title:
Pathan Gentlemen. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '1392' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Formally posed group of eight men. This photograph is listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as, '1392. Native Gentlemen (Pathans), Peshawur Valley'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 28/2(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(17)
Title:
Jat Sirdars, Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] District. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered and signed '1118 Shepherd & Robertson' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group of three sirdars kneeling on the floor, their swords across their knees, with and an attendant beside them holding a shade. A hookah stands to the left of the gro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 28/2(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(9)
Title:
Native Gentlemen, Bhurtpore. [sic, for Group at Bahawalpur.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group posed in two rows. The photograph was clearly taken at the same location as print 13 (note carpet and backdrop), showing the young Nawab of Bahawalpur in 1870, and also includes some of the same sitters seen in that photograph.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870
Extent:
1 item