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...
Half-length portrait of a Dandi 'faqir', a Hindu ascetic, taken against a plain background taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s. This print is one of a series of portrait studies of individuals and groups from Eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh and Assam).
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.
[Portrait of a bearded man with a lamp, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
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Half-length portrait of a bearded man with lamp taken against a plain background by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s. This print is one of a series of portrait studies of individuals and groups from Eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh and Assam).