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Subject South Asian Ethnic Groups Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Photo 11(28)

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Photo 11(28)
Title:
Toda mund, village and Todas [Nilgiri Hills]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from a slightly elevated position, looking down onto a group of Toda men and women, posed in front of one of their distinctive thatched houses. The photograph was shown at the 1869 Bengal Photographic Society Exhibition, where it was considered 'a successful picture of its class.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 20(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(6)
Title:
The Musicians of the Paro Jongpen [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of Bhutia musicians, posed in a clearing with ponies.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 20(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(29)
Title:
Musicians of Tongsa Penlop [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group of musicians and dancers gathered in the same courtyard seen in the preceding print. The photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 435), with the following caption: 'The King's singing girls. We were entertained ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 20(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(36)
Title:
Bhutanese coolies being fed after arrival in camp [Lingzi]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of Bhutanese seated on ground as food is distributed, with tents in the background and hills beyond. The photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 450), with the following caption: 'Feeding followers after arrival in camp: black yaks' hair tents an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 20(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(37)
Title:
Tongsa Penlop's sister's family [Tongsa, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, the family gathered on the entrance steps to a house. The photograph was used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 434), with the following caption: 'The Royal Family of Bhutan. On the top step stands the king, not in his robes of state b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 394(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 394(16)
Title:
Natch girls of Srinugger, Cashmere. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Bourne no. 810.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1003(2001)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(2001)
Title:
Close view of slab with naga sculpture, Madhukeshvara Temple, Banavasi. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography '...An upright slab of black stone upon which is carved, in bold relief, a naga or five-hooded serpent, while round the margin or frame runs a short inscription in letters which seem to belong to the second century A.D. It records the gift of a naga, a tank and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item