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191. Photo 972, 4(188)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(188)
Title:
Scarf maker. Mussulman. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = occupations; printed books; scarfmakers; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

192. Photo 972, 4(189)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(189)
Title:
Bheesties. Mussulmans. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed group of four water carriers with their skin bags. Oval image. Subjects = bhistis (water carriers); occupations; printed books; water carriers; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

193. Photo 972, 4(190)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(190)
Title:
Baories. Bird catchers. Low caste Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group posed in the act of setting as trap using nets: 'The figure in the photograph has just set up his net for hares; and in fields or uncultivated places he would fasten one end of a long net to a bush while his wife would hold the other under cover, the midd...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

194. Photo 972, 4(191)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(191)
Title:
Weavers. Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The photograph exhibits a family of Hindoo weavers at work...They are preparing the warp, apparently of a turban or narrow scarf, for the loom; and the operation is performed in the open air, in the court-yard of their house, or of a mosque or temple, or anywh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

195. Photo 972, 4(192)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(192)
Title:
Jats. Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men gathered round a hookah. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; hookahs; Jats; printed books; rites and customs; tobacco; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

196. Photo 972, 4(193)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(193)
Title:
Goojurs. Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group composed of two men and a woman, standing in a doorway. Subjects = ethnic groups; Goojurs; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

197. Photo 972, 4(194)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(194)
Title:
Nuts. Jugglers and acrobats. Low caste Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The present photograph has been selected because it shows a group of Nuts, in the act of performance of legerdemain tricks, in which they are very expert...' Subjects = acrobats; entertainers; ethnic groups; jugglers; Nuts; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

198. Photo 972, 4(195)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(195)
Title:
Sanseeas. Vagrants, of no particular creed. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of a man and two women. Oval imageThe Sanseeas are here characterized as an itinerant criminal tribe, 'essentially outcasts, admitted to no other caste fellowship, ministered to by no priests, without any ostensible calling or profession, totally ignorant...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

199. Photo 972, 4(196)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(196)
Title:
Oodassees. Sikh devotees. Mendicants. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two men, smeared with wood ash. Subjects = ascetics; beggars; ethnic groups; printed books; Udasis; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

200. Photo 972, 4(197)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(197)
Title:
Moghuls. Mussulmans, of royal family of Delhi. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Posed group of father and five children. Although not named in the accompanying letterpress, this group shows Mirza Illahe Baksh and his family (identification supplied by William Dalrymple).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item