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Subject Bhistis

1. Photo 247/2(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 247/2(23)
Title:
Tank Square and water carriers, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of bhistis or water carriers, gathered in Tank Square. subject=bhistis
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/41(4288)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/41(4288)
Title:
Bhisti or water carrier with his bullock, Rajasthan. Photographer: Impey, Eugene Clutterbuck
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Faded print. Duplicate of plate 66(a) of Impey's 'Delhi, Agra, and Rajpootana, illustrated by eighty photographs' (London, 1865).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/52(4970)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4970)
Title:
Bhisti filling his Pukhal, Surat. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Water carrier pouring water from a leather bucket into the leather container slung over the back of a bullock. The print is signed on the mount Shivashanker Narayen, Photographer. G.W. Terry dirext. Terry was head of the School of Art in Bombay.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/53(4989)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/53(4989)
Title:
Bheesty, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing portrait of a bhisti or water-carrier, his bullock-skin of water slung over his shoulder.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1176/3(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1176/3(14)
Title:
[Bhistis at a well] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Blind stamp illegible. Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1884
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1236/2(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1236/2(22)
Title:
Water carrier and sweepers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Monochrome postcard.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item