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032-003048417 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 124

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Photo 124
Title:
Portraits of Bengal types, trades and castes. Photographer(s): Unknown, with one photograph by Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Prints 1-62 The main part of the collection consists of 62 albumen prints now loosely tipped onto modern archival card and enclosed in Secol sleeves. These have been dismounted either from album pages or card mounts and in the cases where original captions existed (just under half the total) the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1890s
Extent:
72 items

2. Photo 124(65)

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Photo 124(65)
Title:
[Snake charmers.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Snake charmers at work, with two snakes rising. Subjects = entertainers; music; musical instruments; snake charmers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 124(2)

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Photo 124(2)
Title:
Sadhu Faqir, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait against a plain background. Exhibited in 'India Through the Lens', Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, December 2000 to March 2001. Exhibited in 'India: Pioneering Photographers 1850-1900', Brunei Gallery, London, 11 October - 12 Decem...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 124(18)

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Photo 124(18)
Title:
Kanaujiya Brahman, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait of a Kanaujiya Brahman, posed a against a plain background, clasping a long necklace. Second copy neg at B.538. Exhibited in 'India Through the Lens', Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, December 2000 to March 2001. Exhibited in 'India...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 124(23)

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Photo 124(23)
Title:
Bajunia Dom, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait against a plain background. The Doms were an aboriginal caste described as basket- and mat-makers, but classed among the criminal tribes. See also print 30. Exhibited in 'India Through the Lens', Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, Dece...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 124(5)

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Photo 124(5)
Title:
Manipuri polo-player, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait against a plain background of a Manipuri man standing with a polo mallet. His face and arms are decorated with painting. Second copy neg at B.530. Exhibited in 'India Through the Lens', Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, December 2000 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 124(10)

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Photo 124(10)
Title:
Kaibartha, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
This photograph shows a half-length portrait, against a plain background, of a Kaibartha man posed with a net taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 124(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(47)
Title:
[Unidentified group, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Circular, vignetted image. Group portrait, taken in the open air, of men of an unidentified caste. They are posed posed among piles of straw of some kind, and this presumably indicates membership of one of the cultivator castes. Behind them is the photographer's temporary studio composed of wove...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 124(26)

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Photo 124(26)
Title:
Dosadh, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a man belonging to the aboriginal Dosadh tribe by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s. The Dosadh tribe were traditionally associated with Bihar though some families lived in Dacca during the nineteenth century.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 124(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(66)
Title:
Baloo-wallah. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Trained bear with its master. Print unsigned, but print number 3009 matches Bourne & Shepherd photograph of this subject under the heading 'Central India types'. Subjects = animals; bears; entertainers; performing animals; performing bears
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item