Sari weaving, Western India. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man weaving with loom arranged on the verandah of a house. Photograph unsigned, but this is probably one of the series of views showing the processes of the manufacture of cotton fabrics shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. See J. Forbes Watson, Vienna Unive...
Carpet weavers in Karachi Jail. Photographer: Michie and Company
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Line of carpet weavers seated at their looms in a shed. Portion of exhibition label from the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 on reverse of mount.
Dyers at work, Western India. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of dyers posed beside vats. This is probably the photograph shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and described in the catalogue as follows: 'The vats are of clay, and built in as shown in the picture. The furnace goes right under the vat, the fuel used...
Cloth stamper, Western India. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Cloth stamper seated at a low table on the verandah of a house. This is probably the photograph shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and described in the catalogue as follows: 'Printing...This is done by wooden stamps, which are charged with the colouring ma...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three figures seated at work on a verandah. Probably an exhibition photograph, unsigned but possibly by Shivashanker Narayen.
Zunlozis, Gold lace makers, Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man seated at loom, watched by a figure seated at his side. The following letterpress description, probably extracted from an exhibition catalogue, is laid down on the page beneath the print: 'No. 6. - Zunlozis or scarf weavers. - These are sometime Mussulmans,...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three embroiderers seated at sewing frames. Probably an exhibition photograph, unsigned but possibly by Shivashanker Narayen.