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Subject South Asian Ethnic Groups Level [40] File

41. P.P.1931.k, 5(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
P.P.1931.k, 5(91)
Title:
A Parsee servant. Photographer: Scott, Allan Newton
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Stereoscopic view, a full-length seated portrait of a young Parsee man, with descriptive text, p. 91. Published in part no. 79, January 1865. Not published in Scott's 'Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency' (Lovell Reeve, Lo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

42. P.P.1931.k, 5(95)

Reference (shelfmark):
P.P.1931.k, 5(95)
Title:
The Hindoo bangle-seller. Photographer: Scott, Allan Newton
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Stereoscopic view of a bangle seller with his wares, with descriptive text, p. 95. Published in part no. 80, February 1865. This photograph was also published as plate 63 in Scott's 'Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency' (L...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 11(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. Photo 188/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/1
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders. Vol. I. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 265 x 238 mm containing 25 platinum prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions of varying lengths pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
25 items

49. Photo 188/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. II. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 407 x 350 mm containing 26 platinum prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions of varying lengths pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
26 items

50. Photo 188/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. III. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405 x 34 6mm containing 27 platinum prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions of varying lengths pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
27 items