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151. Photo 972, 3(148)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(148)
Title:
Naorung. Hindoo: Goojur tribe. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image, faded. 'Naorung is an inhabitant of Phuppoond, in the Meerut district, and belongs to the Goojur tribe, who form a large proportion of the population of the upper North-Western Provinces of India, and claim Rajp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

152. Photo 972, 3(149)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(149)
Title:
Dulleep Sing. Thugga Hindoo (originally Brahmins). Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait, oval image. 'Duleep Sing is an inhabitant of Morta, in the Meerut district, and a Thugga. Thuggas are Hindoos by religion, and are regarded as being the offspring of an illicit intercourse between a Brahmin woman and a man of inferior cast...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

153. Photo 972, 3(150)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(150)
Title:
Roopram. Thugga Hindoo. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Thuggas (caste); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 3, 1868) Location = India; Meerut; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

154. Photo 972, 3(151)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(151)
Title:
Jat cultivator. Hindoo. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image, with some offsetting from letterpress onto print surface. 'Mohur Sing is a landholder, residing at Burote, in the Meerut district, and belongs to the large and important race called Jats...Mohur Sing is forty-ei...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

155. Photo 972, 3(152)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(152)
Title:
Dhokul Sing. Hindoo Jat. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image, with background painted out. 'Dhokul Sing is a Jat landholder...from the Goorgaob district.' Subjects = ethnic groups; Jats; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

156. Photo 972, 3(153)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(153)
Title:
Surongie. Hindoo follower of Parusnath. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image, somewhat faded. 'Shadi Seth is an inhabitant of Bhagput, a large town in the Meerut district, and belongs to the Surongie division of the Bunnya, or shopkeeping tribe, who are Jains.' Subjects = ethnic groups;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

157. Photo 972, 3(154)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(154)
Title:
Syud Meer Khan. Shiah Mahomedan of Cabool: Syud. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait, holding a pistol and a sword. Oval image, faded and with offsetting from letterpress onto print surface. 'Meer Khan, member of a family expatriated from Cabool for their fidelity to us in 1840-42...The Syud is a fine specimen of his race: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

158. Photo 972, 3(155)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(155)
Title:
Hyder Buksh. Kumboh Sheikh: originally Hindoo. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image, with some offsetting from letterpress onto print surface. 'According to their own (and seemingly the most probable) account, the Kumbohs are the old inhabitants of the Trans-Indus country, who were converted to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

159. Photo 972, 3(156)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(156)
Title:
Mobarik Ali Khan. Kumboh Sheikh: originally Hindoo. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; Kumbos; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 3, 1868) Location = India; Meerut; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

160. Photo 972, 3(157)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(157)
Title:
A zemindar. Goojur landholder. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated on ground. 'Although the person is termed a zemindar or landholder, he appears from his costume to be an ordinary peasant. He is enveloped in a thick ruzzai or padded quilt, which covers the whole of his person. In his right hand is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item