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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 28 Language Not applicable Subject Water Pipes (smoking)

1. 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

2. Photo 28/2(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(20)
Title:
The Maharajah of Benares and Suite. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Raja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh (1825-1889, succeeded as minor 1835), seated and holding a hookah in his left hand, in the company of six officials.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. 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