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040-003040033 Subject Elgin Collection

41. Photo 15/10(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(33)
Title:
Children clearing weeds. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Row of children working in a field in Kashmir, probably at Srinagar. Subjects = agricultural labour; child labour; Elgin Collection; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 15/10(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(49)
Title:
Moulvies [Muslim lawyers, Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three seated men in discussion, surrounded by books. Much of the background, apart from two framed calligraphic illustrations on the wall, has been whited out. This photographs appears as illustration no. 198 in vol IV of 'The People of India' (APAC Photo 972/4...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 15/10(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(53)
Title:
Sansies. Delhi District. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of two women and a man of the Sansi tribe, a hereditary vagrant or criminal class. Photograph used as illustration no. 195 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869). Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Sansis; vagrants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 15/10(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(55)
Title:
Shrofs. Money changer. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of two men, seated with account books and piles of coins. Subjects = Elgin Collection; money changers; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 15/10(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(8)
Title:
Papier maché ornament merchant. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; occupations; papier maché merchants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 15/10(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(29)
Title:
'Pahari' or hill women. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of three Paharia women. Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Paharis
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 15/10(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(44)
Title:
Gold lace maker. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man at work with foot-operated loom. This photograph is used as illustration no. 187 in vol IV of The People of India (1869), where the location is given as Delhi. Subjects = Elgin Collection; gold lace makers; occupations; zunlozis
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 15/10(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(52)
Title:
Banya's shop. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Banya or bunnea (petty trader) seated in the doorway of his shop, his scales in front of him. The photograph is used as illustration no. 184 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869). Duplicate at Photo 460 (52). Subjects = banyas; Elgin Collection; occupation...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 15/10(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(5)
Title:
Laying warps for native cloth. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Women laying out warps on ground. Subjects = Elgin Collection; occupations; weaving
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 15/10(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(25)
Title:
Water mill for grinding rice. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = agriculture; Elgin Collection; rice; rice mills
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item