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141. Photo 972, 3(138)

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Photo 972, 3(138)
Title:
Izzut Ullee Khan. Soonee Mahomedan: from Coel. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged on carpet. Oval print, with some offsetting from letterpress on print surface. 'Izzut Ali Khan, the subject of the photograph, is a Mussulman inhabitant of Coel (Allyghur), where his family have dwelt for seven or eight...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

142. Photo 972, 3(139)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(139)
Title:
Shair Ullee Syud. Shiah Mahomedan: descendant of Mahomed. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged on carpet. Oval print, with some offsetting from letterpress on print surface. The accompanying description of the sitter is a particularly striking example of the way scientific objectivity is abandoned in favour of pr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

143. Photo 972, 3(140)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(140)
Title:
Sheikh Zeaoollah. Soonee Mahomedan: Sheikh caste. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged on carpet. Oval print. Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 3, 1868) Location = Aligarh; India; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

144. Photo 972, 3(141)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(141)
Title:
Nait Ram. Sunat Brahmin: from Coel. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length standing portrait, with body painted with devotional marks. Oval image, with some fading and offsetting from letterpress on print surface. Subjects = Brahmins (caste); ethnic groups; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

145. Photo 972, 3(142)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(142)
Title:
Ruttun Gyr Gosaen. Hindoo devotee. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length full-face standing portrait, oval image. 'Ruttun Gyr Gosaen is an inhabitant of Coel, in the district of Allyghur, where his ancestors have dwelt for many generations, and belongs to a sect of mendicant friars, or rather professional beggar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

146. Photo 972, 3(143)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(143)
Title:
Emam Buksh. Jogi, or Mahomedan devotee. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged and holding a stringed musical instrument like a small fiddle. 'Some...like the individual represented, are mendicants of a more peaceful order, who go about with a small fiddle with three strings, played with a bow, as...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

147. Photo 972, 3(144)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(144)
Title:
Gobind Doss. Bairagee, or Hindoo devotee. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged. 'Any Hindoo, from the Brahmin to the Sudra, can become a Bairagee. He has only to renounce the world, and take upon himself the vows of the order, and he is free to wander where he pleases, doing penance and pilgrimage...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

148. Photo 972, 3(145)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(145)
Title:
Sookha Khunjur. Hindoo peasant. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of man posed in the act of digging a fox out of its hole. Oval image. 'Sookha resides at Coel, where members of the the tribe have had their home for centuries past. They live by snaring wild animals, making ropes and twine, as well as brus...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

149. Photo 972, 3(146)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(146)
Title:
Runneea Jatne. Girl of Jat tribe. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. 'She is of the poorer orders, and earns a scanty subsistence by spinning thread...The specimen of female selected is not a happy one, as many of the Jat women are remarkably handsome, with fine figures; but it may have been very dif...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

150. Photo 972, 3(147)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(147)
Title:
Gunga Sahai. Brahmin (Hindoo). Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image. 'By his costume, the person represented would appear to be a Loukik, or secular Brahmin, with no pretensions to sanctity; he may be a secretary or teacher, or an officer in the Civil Service of Government...Brah...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item