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Name Nicholas and Curths Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 1000/42(4369)

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Photo 1000/42(4369)
Title:
Studio portrait of a group of Coorg chiefs. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Studio group portrait.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/48(4760)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/48(4760)
Title:
Studio portrait of a Hindu ascetic wearing an iron collar. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Cabinet portrait size, on photographer's signed mount. Pencilled note on bottom of mount reads: 'Pundarum with iron collar.' For a hand-coloured copy of this photograph, see Photo 34 (4). The coloured print has a note on the reverse reading: 'A Sumuyasi or Gosa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/50(4811)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/50(4811)
Title:
Picotta well, Southern India. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Showing water being drawn from a well by means of a picotta, a long, pivotting yard with a line to which a bucket is attached. Photograph stamped with photographer's name on mount.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/51(4867)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/51(4867)
Title:
Bullock coach, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/51(4868)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/51(4868)
Title:
Jutka of Indian pony carriage, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two-wheeled covered carriage, drawn by a single pony. See Hobson-Jobson: 'Jutka ... The native cab of Madras, and of Mofussil towns in that Presidency; a conveyance only to be characterised by the epithet ramshackle, though in that respect equalled by the Calcu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/51(4872)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/51(4872)
Title:
Bullock hackery, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Side view of small, two-wheeled trap drawn by a small bullock. Similar to, though smaller than print 4871. Photographer's named printed on mount. Exhibition label removed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/51(4873)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/51(4873)
Title:
A muncheel or travelling hammock-litter, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing a European man lying in a muncheel carried by four bearers. The hammock-litter is slung from a single broad pole, with an awning above to give shade. Photographer's name printed on mount. Exhibition label removed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/52(4939)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4939)
Title:
Group of carpenters at work, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/52(4944)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4944)
Title:
Women pounding and cleaning rice, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/52(4945)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4945)
Title:
Women with curry stone and raggy mill, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
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, &...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item