The harbour of Bombay. Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the Cotton Green towards sailing ships at anchor in the harbour. Print in very poor condition, faded and with numerous tears where it has been removed from the album page in the past.
Dhed women of Surat. Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of two women, standing in front of a tree stump in front of the verandah of a house. Possibly photographed at Bombay rather than Surat.
Bene Israels, a rich shipowner. Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two members of the Bombay Bene Israelite community, one seated and one standing beside a table.
A Bombay cotton merchant and his associates. Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of cotton brokers and workers, posed in front of large bales of cotton. For a similar view, but with different figures posed in front of the same bales of cotton, see Vidya Dehejia (ed), 'India through the Lens. Photography 1840-1911' (...