Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three woodcarvers seated with examples of their work in the form of finely-carved wooden boxes. Print probably shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three box makers with examples of their trade (including carved and inlaid boxes and an album cover). A certificate of honorable mention awarded to Framjee Neerjeebhoy at the Paris Exhibition of 1867 is placed in the centre of the photograph. Photograph probabl...
Women pounding and cleaning rice, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two women, one using a pestle and mortar holding a tray of rice. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &c....Native women pounding and cleaning rice' by Nicholas & Cur...
Women with curry stone and raggy mill, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing two women, one crushing spices, the other grinding raggy (a grain cultivated as a staple in food in Southern India) between two millstones. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &...
Two women grinding grain in the yard of a house. Photographer: Hooper and Western
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography An elderly and a younger women seated at a grindstone, watched by a young boy. This is presumably one of the series of views by Hooper & Western which were shown first at the London Exhibition of 1871 and later at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 (J. Forbes Wa...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Merchants seated among wicker baskets of grain in front of their shop. Print probably shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Oil mill, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Bullock team grinding down contents of a large wooden tank to produce (coconut?) oil. The animals are attached to an arm which turns the base of the container. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, oc...
Mortar Mills, probably in the Krishna District. Photographer: Thompson, Ross
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Genre: Landscape Photography Bullock teams attached to grinding wheels in the foreground, with brick kiln beyond. This is presumably one of the series of views by Thompson of irrigation works in the Krishna District which were shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, although this particular pho...
Genre: Landscape Photography Buffalo pulling a large grindstone attached to a wooden arm. The buildings in the background appear to be in the Fort area of Bombay. Probably a print shown at an international exhibition.