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21. Photo 1000/46(4707)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/46(4707)
Title:
A private teacher in one of the indigenous schools in Varanasi (Benares) teaching boys to write letters and figures on the ground. The standing boy with arms raised is undergoing punishment. Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Showing class is progress, in front of cloth backdrop. 'Taken by the photographer in the service of H.H. the Maharaja of Benares...Exhibitor H.H. the Maharaja of Benares. After exhibition to be placed at the disposal of His Excy. the Secretary of State for India.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 1000/46(4635)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/46(4635)
Title:
Group of Maratha(?) pupils and masters in class of the Elphinstone High School, Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Pupils gathered round table conducting an experiment (in physics?). An exhibition label for the Vienna Exhibition is pasted to the reverse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 1000/46(4634)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/46(4634)
Title:
Group of Parsee pupils and masters in class of the Elphinstone High School, Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Pupils seated round table with two teachers at the head. In the background is a map of the world, and a blackboard with (?)Persian calligraphy.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item