Jhansi - where the captives were murdered in 1857. Photographer: J., G.M.
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Genre: Landscape Photography Group of Jain temples. This is probably one of the series of views of scenes at Jhansi associated with the Mutiny which was offered for sale by 'G.M.J.' in The Englishman of 26 July 1859, perhaps the print described as Jhokun Bagh Gosaen Tombs - across the road from...
[The Brahmachari Bawa, Vishnu Bhiku, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of two men. This photograph also appears as no. 17 in 'The Indian Amateur's Photographic Album' (1856-58) as part of the 'Costumes and Characters of Western India' series, with the following letterpress description: 'Vishnu Bhiku, well known o...
[Portrait of an unidentified woman.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait, possibly of Louisa Compton in mourning (in which case the date would be 1862 or later). Very light hand-colouring to cheeks. Subjects = dress (European)
[Knife grinder, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
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Showing the knife grinder at work. This print has been trimmed to exclude the boy driving the grinding wheel (his feet are visible at the right of the print). For a reproduction of the whole image, see John Falconer, Ethnographical Photography in India 1850-1900 ('The Photographic Collector', vo...
[Studio portrait of a Parsi woman and child, Bombay.] Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of mother and child. The woman in this photograph appears as a member of a group of Parsi women in William Johnson's The Oriental Races and Tribes: residents and visitors of Bombay (2 vols, 1863-6), vol. I, no. 21. The same woman, posed in ...
The Ooncha [sic for Orchha] Gate, Jhansi. The 3rd Bombay Europeans assaulted the Fort on either side of this Gate. Photographer: J., G.M.
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Genre: Architectural Photography This appears to one of the series of views of scenes at Jhansi associated with the Mutiny which was offered for sale by 'G.M.J.' in The Englishman of 26 July 1859. The print corresponds in size and other details to the photograph described in that advertisement ...