The Hon. Sir Dinshaw Manockji Petit, Kt. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of the Parsi merchant and magistrate Sir Dinshwa Manockji Petit (1823-1901), member of the Supreme Legislative Council at Calcutta from 1887.
Half-length portrait of the Parsi merchant Sorabji Shapurji Bengali (1831-1893). Bengali also brought out several Gujarati periodicals and from 1855 was a joint Honorary Secretary of the Parsi Law Association. He served as a member of the Bombay legislative Council in 1876.
Head-and-shoulders portrait of the Parsi editor, writer and magistrate Dosabhai Framji Karaka (1829-1902). Karaka edited the Gujarati 'Jam-i-Jamshid' for five years and was later manager of the 'Bombay Times.' His history of the Parsis was written in England in 1858-59 and he served as Chief Pre...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of the Parsi member of the Bombay Uncovenanted Civil Service Khan Bahadur Pestanji Jehangir (b 1831), Military, Settlement and Political Minister of Baroda from 1875-83. On his retirement from Baroda he served as Talukdari Settlement Officer in Gujarat.
Sir James Braithwaite Peile, K.C.S.I. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Sir James Braithwaite Peile (1833-1906), Indian Civil Service 1856, member of the Supreme Council 1886-87, member of the India Council in London 1887-1902.
Nasserwanjee Manockjee Petit, Esq., J.P. Photographer: Vuccino, P.
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Head-and-shoulders portrait of the Parsi merchant and philanthropist Nasserwanji Manockji Petit (b 1827), younger brother of Sir Dinshaw Manockji Petit (see print 23).
The late Naoroji Furdoonji, Esq., C.I.E. Photographer: Unknown
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Oval image. Head-and-shoulders portrait of the Parsi author and social reformer Naoroji Furdunji (1817-1885), Interpreter at the Bombay High Court 1845-64.