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111. Photo 440/2(44)

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Photo 440/2(44)
Title:
[Portrait of the bearded family of Mandalay.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography This family was an exotic curiosity in the court of Mandalay and a meeting with Maphoon, probably the woman in this print, is described in Henry Yule's Narrative of the Mission to the Court of Ava in 1855, pp93-94, which is accompanied by a lithograph (Plate 17...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

112. Photo 440/2(45)

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Photo 440/2(45)
Title:
[Photographers of the firm of Bourne and Shepherd posed with their equipment at the Delhi Durbar, 1903.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography The photographers are posed outside their tents in the durbar camp, with various cameras, ranging from a large studio portrait camera, to smaller pieces of equipment. With Indian assistants standing in the background. Mounted and stored separately in Box 673, Shelf 9...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

113. Photo 440/2(46)

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Photo 440/2(46)
Title:
Mysore. An ourang-outang from Penang. The temperance question. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events An orang-utan sitting on a chair. Subjects = animals; orang-utans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

114. Photo 440/2(47)

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Photo 440/2(47)
Title:
[Sculptured figure in a museum?] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Standing figure. Subjects = sculpture
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

115. Photo 440/2(48)

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Photo 440/2(48)
Title:
[Group of snake charmers.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = entertainers; snake charmers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

116. Photo 440/2(49)

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Photo 440/2(49)
Title:
General view from Arthur's Seat, Kandy. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of the town. Old Bourne number 2085, renumbered to 2131. Subjects = Location = Central Province; Ceylon; Kandy; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

117. Photo 440/2(50)

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Photo 440/2(50)
Title:
[Cuffe Parade, Colaba Reclamation, Bombay.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a promenade built under the direction of the Bombay Improvement Trust. Duplicate postcard at Photo 467 (6). Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; private houses; street scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

118. Photo 440/2(51)

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Photo 440/2(51)
Title:
Darjeeling. Coolie woman. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of a woman carrying her child in a basket on her back. This is a photogravure published by Bourne & Shepherd in 1905 as part of a set. This is No 105. Subjects = ethnic groups
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1905
Extent:
1 item

119. Photo 440/2(52)

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Photo 440/2(52)
Title:
Native of Thibet. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a Tibetan monk holding a long horn. This is a photogravure published by Bourne & Shepherd in 1905 as part of a set. This is No 107. Subjects = horns; monks; musical instruments; religion; religion (Buddhism)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1905
Extent:
1 item

120. Photo 440/2(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 440/2(53)
Title:
Orchid House, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Interior view of the orchid house. Subjects = botanical gardens; orchids; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item