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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 28 Subject Arms and Armaments

1. Photo 28/2(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(21)
Title:
Armed knights in the service of the Rajah of Sumptna [Samthar?]. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length seated portrait of four military officers, wearing armour and holding swords. The state name given in the caption cannot be readily located although a suggested version is Samthar in Central India.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 28/2(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(28)
Title:
Natives of the Peshawur Valley. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '1388' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of Afridi men, seated and standing in front of a mud house, several armed with jezails and shields. No.1388 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue and there described as, 'Group of Natives fr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 28/2(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(29)
Title:
Afredees of the Khyber Pass. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Shepherd 1387' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Posed group of four Afridi men armed with jezails, sheltering behind a mud wall, one aiming his gun at a distant target.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 28/2(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(31)
Title:
Rajpoots [at Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Shepherd & Robertson 1120' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of four Rajput men, armed with muskets and swords. No.1120 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue. This study is also reproduced in volume 4 of Watson and Kaye, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item