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' (...
The Seth of Muttra [Mathura]. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Mathura was visited by the compiler of this album between 11th and 13th March, 1878. Full-length seated studio portrait of a seth (rich merchant/donor) of Mathura. Tentatively identified as Seth Luchmee Chund. Photograph unsigned, but probably by Bourne and Shepherd.
Frith's Series blindstamp. Kashmir and Ladakh were visited by album compiler between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Full-length studio portrait of two Afghan men, one seated, one standing; probably photographed in Kashmir.
Kashmir and Ladakh were visited by album compiler between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Studio portrait of two cloth sellers, arranged with bolts of material in front of a cloth backdrop. Photograph unsigned, but possibly from the Frith Series.