[Hindu ascetic with iron collar.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of an ascetic, sitting cross-legged with palm-leaf books in front of him and wearing a cumbersome metal collar. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '13. Devotee, with iron collar.' Subjects = ascetics; reading...
[Studio portrait of a South Indian family, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full length standing portrait of a man and a woman with a child at their feet. The woman holds a saucepan and the man a sitar-like instrument. Subjects =
[Toddy tappers, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Toddy tapper posed half-way up a tree, with a figure in the foreground carrying two jars of toddy slung on a yoke over his shoulder. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '40. Toddyman climbing a cocoanut tree.' Subjects = food and ...
[Festival car, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
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View of a large wooden festival car. Oval image. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '276. Festival car.' Subjects = festivals; temple cars