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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972, 3

51. Photo 972, 3(161)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(161)
Title:
Brinjara and wife. Itinerant grain merchants. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait of a man and a woman. Subjects = Brinjaris (ethnic group); ethnic groups; grain merchants; occupations; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 3, 1868) Locatio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 972, 3(162)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(162)
Title:
Lama. Buddhist priest. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'The priest is represented sitting at his devotions...In his right han he holds the wooden cylinder, which he rattle for prayer, and at the same time rings the bell in his left hand. Before him is a brass dish or platter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 972, 3(163)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(163)
Title:
Itinerant lama. Buddhist priest. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of seated figure. Oval image, faded. 'He is from Yarkund, in Tartary, on a pilgrimage to ancient Buddhist shrines in India, subsisting on the charity Hindoos, and perhaps Mahomedans also. In his right hand is the usual cylindrical prayer ra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 972, 3(164)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(164)
Title:
Man Kour. Hindoo (Brahmin) widow. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'Man Kour is a Hindoo widow, of about twenty-five years of age, by caste Brahmin, and a resident of Hurdwar, chiefly living on the charity given her by the visitors...' Subjects = Brahmins (caste); ethnic groups; print...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 972, 3(165)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(165)
Title:
Wuzeerun. Bazar woman. Mahomedan. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'This photograph represents a Mahomedan bazar woman, or professional courtezan. Her dress is a yellow tunic, green silk trowsers, and red Cashmere shawl. There is little to be said for women of this class, who exist unde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 972, 3(166)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(166)
Title:
Diljan. Bazar woman. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length seated portrait, background painted out. Oval image. 'Diljan, the 'heart of life', is, like Wuzeerun, a Mahomedan courtezan. Her dress is s black tunic, black silk trowsers, and Cashmere shawl.' Subjects = ethnic groups; occupations; printed books...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 972, 3(167)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(167)
Title:
Mussulman female. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'The person represented in the photograph is married; and is the wife of one of the bridge keepers on the Ganges Canal, near Hardwar, who is in the employ of the Government, and, therefore, in a humble but respectable cl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

58. Photo 972, 3(168)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(168)
Title:
Thakoor Brahmin girl. Hindoo. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait. 'The subject of this illustration belongs to a tribe of Brahmins of the Upper Provinces, who are known by the name of Thakoors: a title of respect. She is a good specimen of the women of her tribe, in appearance as well as in cost...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

59. Photo 972, 3(169)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(169)
Title:
Cultivators. Russia Rajpoots. Hindoos. Dehra Dhoon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two seated men. Oval image, faded. 'These peasants are residents of Jumnootri, or the source of the Jumna...The hill Rajpoots are not inferior to those of the plains in bravery, but they seldom take service, and subsist by farming and hunting, of wh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 972, 3(170)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(170)
Title:
Niltoo. Hill porter. Rajpoot. Dehra Dhoon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait. 'The subject of this photograph is Niltoo, a coolie or hill porter, carrying milk. He is a Hindoo, and by caste a Rajpoot of low degree, resident at Gurwhal.' Subjects = ethnic groups; hill porters; occupations; porters; printed...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

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