Kota men with forge, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three figures gathered round anvil. Plate xvi of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Kota men with forge, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Group of three figures gathered round anvil. Variant of plate xvi of James Wilkinson Breeks, An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris (India Museum, London, 1873), evidently taken on the same occasion, but with figures posed slightly differently.
Blacksmith at work (studio reconstruction). Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of two men shaping a piece of metal, with a woman seated to the right (operating bellows). Probably a print shown at an international exhibition.
The Lohar, or blacksmith, hammering, with an assistant working the bellows. March 1872. Artist(s): Kipling, John Lockwood (1837-1911)
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The’ Lohar,’ or blacksmith, hammering, with an assistant working the bellows. March 1872. Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘J.L.K. Khangaum March 1872’; on back in pencil:’ No 29 The Blacksmith-Lohar.’
'Koumars. Smiths (or Blacksmiths).' Standing man with seated smith at work behind him. Section 5, pl.4, in volume 1 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
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'Koumars. Smiths (or Blacksmiths).' Standing man with seated smith at work behind him. Section 5, pl.4, in volume 1 of Solvyns, B. 'Les Hindous, Description de leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies.' Paris: 1808.. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
'A Kumaur' [blacksmith]. Section 1st No.23 from 'A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos by Balt. Solvyns'. Calcutta, 1799. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)
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'A Kumaur' [blacksmith]. Section 1st No.23 from 'A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos by Balt. Solvyns'. Calcutta, 1799.. Artist(s): Solvyns, Frans Balthazar (1760-1824)