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11. Photo 964/1(11)

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Photo 964/1(11)
Title:
Banian Women [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrsit of two women, posed against a wooden fence, with a photomontaged backround of the Jabreshwar Temple at the Banganga Tank, Bombay. Subjects = Banians; ethnic groups; Johnson, 'The oriental races and tribes...' (vol 1, 1863); photomontage; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 964/1(12)

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Photo 964/1(12)
Title:
Ghur-Baree (house-holding) Gosaees [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two Gosavi men (father and son?), one seated, one standing, against a photomontaged background of the Mahalakshmi Temple complex. Exhibited in 'India: Pioneering Photographers 1850-1900', Brunei Gallery, London, 11 October - 12 December 2001. Sub...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 964/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(13)
Title:
Bhatias [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men posed against bales of cotton, and with a photomontaged background of Bombay houses. 'The Bhatias (or Bhatyas) are originally from the country of Bhatiner, between Sindh and Rajputana...Multitudes of them are now in Bombay, in which they form ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 964/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(14)
Title:
Lowana Women [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of three women standing in front of a photomontaged background of a temple and trees. 'These women, as will be seen from our photograph, share in the vigour of their race. Their costume is of a modest and graceful character, and numbers of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 964/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(15)
Title:
Sadhoos [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ascetics; Johnson, 'The oriental races and tribes...' (vol 1, 1863); photomontage
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 964/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(16)
Title:
Khumbars of Kutch [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of six men and women, with a photomontaged background of Back Bay. 'Kumbhars...are the potters of India. In caste they ranks somewhat below the Shudras, or cultivators; but they have, nevertheless, a respectable position in the industrial community of Ind...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 964/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(17)
Title:
Kharavas [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of five men, with a photomontaged background of local craft at moorings in Back Bay. 'The Kharavas are a clan of Kolis from Gujarat, deriving their name from Kharo, salt, in the making of which they engage themselves in their native country. Many of them ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 964/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(18)
Title:
The Dheds of Gujarat [at Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of two men and three women, posed against a photomontaged bacground of the verandah and entrance of a house. 'The Dheds generally live in the exterior portions of the villages to which they belong, and are the drudges of all the other classes of the nativ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 964/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(19)
Title:
Waghurees [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three men and two women, posed beside a tree, and with a photomontaged landscape background. 'Waghurees are a low caste of Hindoos, most of them originally from Marwar; but who are now found wandering about in every part of Goozerat under various mendi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 964/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/1(20)
Title:
Parsis [Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of five Parsi men, against a photomontaged landscape background. Subjects = ethnic groups; Johnson, 'The oriental races and tribes...' (vol 1, 1863); Parsees; photomontage
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

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