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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972 Material Type Photographs

21. Photo 972, 1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(19)
Title:
Cole Christians. Aboriginal. Chota Nagpoor. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter portrait of a young woman and a boy posed with a book at a table, and wearing European dress. Oval image. 'Beads, brass ornaments, and flowers, they delight in. It will be seen that the Christian girl photographed is quite unadorned. They are requ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 972, 1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(20)
Title:
Korewah. Aboriginal. Chota Nagpoor: PRINT MISSING. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography See Photo 973/1 (20) for a copy of the missing print. Subjects = arms and armour; bows and arrows; ethnic groups; Korewahs; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868) Location = Bih...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 972, 1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(21)
Title:
Korewah group. Aboriginal. Chota Nagpoor. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three men, posed with bows and arrows. Reproduced as a lithograph , plate 30, in Edward Tuite Dalton, Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal (Calcutta, 1872). Subjects = arms and armour; bows and arrows; ethnic groups; Korewahs; printed books; Watson and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 972, 1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(22)
Title:
Moonda female. Aboriginal. Chota Nagpoor. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders full-face portrait. Oval image, faded. Photograph not specifically credited, but probably by Simpson. Subjects = ethnic groups; Moondas; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India'...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 972, 1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(23)
Title:
Bhogta. Aboriginal. Chota Nagpoor. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait. Oval image. Photograph not specifically credited, but probably by Simpson. 'The specimen given in the photograph is the son of a well-known petty 'Laird' of Chota Nagpore, who, with a few of his clan, was introduced int...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 972, 1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(24)
Title:
Chuttro Rajah. Hindoo Rajpoot. Chota Nagpoor. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait. Oval image, faded. Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Rajputs; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868) Location = Bihar; Chota Nagpur; India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 972, 1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(25)
Title:
Rajpoot. Hindoo from Marwar. Chota Nagpoor. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Rajputs; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868) Location = Bihar; Chota Nagpur; India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 972, 1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(26)
Title:
Rajpoot Christian. From Rajpootana. Chota Nagpoor. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length profile portrait of a man posed as if in prayer. Subjects = Christian converts; ethnic groups; printed books; Rajputs; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868) Location = Bihar; Chota...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 972, 1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(27)
Title:
Khanti. Wild frontier tribe. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders quarter-profile portrait. Oval image. The letterpress quotes from the anonymous Sketch of Assam (1846): 'In stature the Khamtis are middle-sized, in countenance resembling the Chinese more than any other tribe on the [Assam-Burma] frontier, a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 972, 1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(28)
Title:
Mishmi. Hill Tribe. Assam. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile porfile of a Mishmi woman smoking a pipe. Subjects = ethnic groups; Mishmis; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item