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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972 Name Shepherd and Robertson

31. Photo 972, 7(349)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(349)
Title:
Guddees. Mussulmans. Rajpootana [Bharatpur]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two figures seated on light cart drawn by two bullocks, with figure standing at right. 'The Guddees profess to be a Mussulman tribe converted from low caste Hindooism in the reign of Aurungzeeb. They are cultivators, and keep and breed cattle to a large extent....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 972, 7(350)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(350)
Title:
Meos. Mussulmans. Rajpootana [Bharatpur]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three men, posed with charpoy. 'The meos are another instance of Hindoos partially converted to Mussulman profession...The Meos are found for the most part in Mewat, a tract of country bordering upon Bhurtpoor, Ulwar, and Goorgaon, of the Delhi distric...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 972, 7(351)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(351)
Title:
Golahs. Low caste Hindoo tribe. Rajpootana [Bharatpur]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men, three seated, one standing, gathered round a basket of salt. 'The Golahs are a low class caste or tribe of Hindoos, but by no means one of the outcast tribes...the Golahs are professional salt makers, while they are also general cultivators; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 972, 7(352)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(352)
Title:
Lodhas. Low caste Hindoo tribe. Rajpootana [Bharatpur]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men, posed with agricultural implements. 'Though the Lodhas do not rank with the highest class of cultivators, they are yet a useful and industrious class, principally inhabiting Bhurtpoor, and other native states in Rajpootana and the North-West ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 972, 7(353)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(353)
Title:
H.H. the Maharajah of Bhurtpoor. Hindoo Jat. In Durbar, Rajpootana. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Large group, with the young Jaswant Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur seated in the centre of his durbar: 'The photograph is an excellent illustration of a native independent chieftain of the highest class, in his durbar or court. The young prince sits in the centre...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

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