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101. Photo 515/1(24)

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Photo 515/1(24)
Title:
[Farmer ploughing (or harrowing) with bullock team, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Probably either the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '214. Harrowing the ground', or '33. Native plough'. Subjects = agricultural implements; agriculture; crops; farming; ploughing; ploughs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

102. Photo 515/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(25)
Title:
[Palms, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Group of palms, with pool in foreground. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '76. Lotus tank and date palms'. Subjects = date palms; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

103. Photo 515/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(26)
Title:
[Potters, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two potters posed beside their wheel. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '39. Potters at work'. Subjects = arts & crafts; occupations; potteries; potters; pottery
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

104. Photo 515/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(27)
Title:
[Servant girls, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait against a painted backdrop of a young woman carrying two pots, with a younger girl standing beside her. Possibly the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '24. Cook and cook's maty [assistant]'. Subjects = occupations; servants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

105. Photo 515/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(29)
Title:
[Picotta (device for raising water), South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Two men operating a picottah, 'that ancient machine for raising water, which consists of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm...' (Hobson-Jobson). Probably the print listed in the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

106. Photo 515/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(30)
Title:
[Group of Hindu devotees, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of three men, one holding a drum, one s pilgrim trident and the centre figure standing on one leg. Subjects = ascetics
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

107. Photo 515/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(31)
Title:
[Catamaran on the beach at Madras.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = catamarans; fishing; fishing boats; local craft; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

108. Photo 515/1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(32)
Title:
[A group of schoolgirls with their teacher, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio group portrait with teacher seated in centre. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '134. A group of school girls'. Subjects = education; schoolchildren; schools
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

109. Photo 515/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(33)
Title:
[Dhobi, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Dhobi scrubbing a garment on a rock beside a river. Subjects = dhobis; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

110. Photo 515/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(36)
Title:
[Reckla or small bullock cart, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man standing on a cart drawn by a small bullock. The reckla is small two-wheeled carriage consisting of little more than a small platform and seat mounted over the cross-axle. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '75. Reckla (Native...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item