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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(53)
Title:: Sansies. Delhi District. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of two women and a man of the Sansi tribe, a hereditary vagrant or criminal class. Photograph used as illustration no. 195 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869). Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Sansis; vagrants
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(54)
Title:: Snake charmers. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two snake charmers blowing their pipes. Photograph used as illustration no. 205 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869). Subjects = Elgin Collection; entertainers; Jogis (caste); occupations; snake charmers
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(55)
Title:: Shrofs. Money changer. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of two men, seated with account books and piles of coins. Subjects = Elgin Collection; money changers; occupations
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(56)
Title:: Embroiderer. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man seated cross-legged at his embroidery frame. Photograph used as illustration no. 188 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869), where it is captioned 'Scarfmaker'. Subjects = Elgin Collection; embroiderers; occupations
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(57)
Title:: Indian carriage & pair. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:: Two figures seated in a small two-wheeled carriage drawn by a pair of bullocks. Another copy of this photograph can be found in The People of India, vol. VII, plate 349 (Photo 972/7 (349)), where it used to illustrate the Guddees, a farming tribe of the North-West Provinces. The location is ther...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(58)
Title:: Goldsmith. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Goldsmith blowing on his furnace through a tube. Photograph used as illustration no. 186 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869). Subjects = Elgin Collection; goldsmiths; occupations
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(59)
Title:: Tibetan women. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Tibetans
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s-1870s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(60)
Title:: Toda mund, villages & Todas, Neilgherries. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Todas (ethnic group)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(61)
Title:: Manipur polo players. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:: Group portrait of six Manipuris, dressed in polo clothes and holding sticks. Two of the group are mounted on stocky ponies. Exhibited Museum of Sydney, Encountering India, 16 May - 17 August 1997. Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Manipuris; polo; sports
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 17/1(1)
Title:: [Portrait of] H.H. Maharao Raja Sir Ramsinghji Bahadur, GCSI, CIE. Late Chief of Bundi (Rajputana). Born Samvat 1868 (AD 1811). Died Samvat 1945 (AD 1888). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait. The Maharaja sits cross-legged facing left holding a sword and shield. This print is a copy, probably by G.A.Kale, after the original by Johnston & Hoffmann. The photographers blind stamp can be seen in the bottom right hand corner. ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1887
Extent:: 1 item

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