Group of carpenters at work, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group posed with various tools. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &c....Native carpenters at work' by Nicholas & Curths, shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 (J. Forbes wats...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing two wood carvers at work, surrounded by elaborately carved furniture in the workshop. Photograph probably shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three woodcarvers seated with examples of their work in the form of finely-carved wooden boxes. Print probably shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three box makers with examples of their trade (including carved and inlaid boxes and an album cover). A certificate of honorable mention awarded to Framjee Neerjeebhoy at the Paris Exhibition of 1867 is placed in the centre of the photograph. Photograph probabl...
Women pounding and cleaning rice, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two women, one using a pestle and mortar holding a tray of rice. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &c....Native women pounding and cleaning rice' by Nicholas & Cur...
Women with curry stone and raggy mill, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing two women, one crushing spices, the other grinding raggy (a grain cultivated as a staple in food in Southern India) between two millstones. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &...