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040-003131519 Material Type Photographs

41. Photo 1000/52(4963)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4963)
Title:
Maty boys (under-servants) at work. Photographer: Hooper and Western
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing two servants at work, one washing crockery, the other pouring water into a teapot. This is presumably one of the series of views by Hooper & Western which was shown first at the London Exhibition of 1871 and later at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 (J...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 1000/52(4969)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4969)
Title:
Women preparing cowdung cakes for fuel, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two women fashioning cow dung into flat cakes. The print is signed on the mount Shivashanker Narayen, Photographer. G.W. Terry dirext. Terry was head of the School of Art in Bombay.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 1000/52(4905)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4905)
Title:
Sari weaving, Western India. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man weaving with loom arranged on the verandah of a house. Photograph unsigned, but this is probably one of the series of views showing the processes of the manufacture of cotton fabrics shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. See J. Forbes Watson, Vienna Unive...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 1000/52(4919)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4919)
Title:
Bombay potters at work. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two potters at work at their wheels, surrounded by finished work. Probably an exhibition print, unsigned but possibly by Shivashanker Narayen.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 1000/52(4947)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4947)
Title:
Grain sellers shop, (?)Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Merchants seated among wicker baskets of grain in front of their shop. Print probably shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 1000/52(4962)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4962)
Title:
Domestic servants, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed studio group showing four domestic servants posed in the act of performing various tasks (cleaning shoes, washing plates, pouring water, etc). 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

47. Photo 1000/52(4966)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4966)
Title:
Dubgurs at work, Surat. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men seated on a verandah, apparently making pots. 'Dubgur - a caste in the scale of Dheras, in Guzerat. They are also called Kalpa, or skinners.' (Glossary of Indian terms for the use of the various departments of the Government of the East India ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 1000/52(4972)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4972)
Title:
Non-photographic: Watercolour by a Bombay artist the process of boiling molasses in water to make sugar.
Scope & Content:
Shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 248, catalogue no. 201 (iv).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 1000/52(4956)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4956)
Title:
Tailors at work, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &c....Dursies or tailors,' by Nicholas & Curths, shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 (J. Forbes watson, 'Vienna Universal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 1000/52(4896)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4896)
Title:
Non-photographic: Watercolour by a Bombay artist showing two men ginning cotton.
Scope & Content:
Shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 248, catalogue no. 201 (i).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item