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Subject Nautch Girls

21. Photo 717(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 717(55)
Title:
Nautch girls, Cashmere. Photographer: Frith's Series
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of three young women.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 752/19(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 752/19(23)
Title:
A Kashmiri nautch girl. Photographer: Bremner, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length studio portrait of a Kashmiri woman. Subjects = Kashmiris
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 793(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 793(55)
Title:
An Indian Nautch [Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of dancers and musicians performing before an audience in the courtyard of a palace. Women in purdah can be seen through bamboo screens at the top of the print. Photograph uncredited, but probably taken by Charles Shepherd. For another copy of this print,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 894/4(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 894/4(22)
Title:
Nautch girl [?Kohat District]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Location = Kohat; North-West Frontier Province; Pakistan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s-1930s
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 896(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 896(6)
Title:
[Two nautch dancers.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Small print showing two girls dancing. Subjects = nautches
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 961(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 961(69)
Title:
Hindoo dancing girls [probably at Secunderabad]. Photographer: Scott, Allan Newton
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Stereo half. Group posed on couch. Subjects = stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 961(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 961(70)
Title:
Another group of the same [Hindoo dancing girls, probably at Secunderabad]. Photographer: Scott, Allan Newton
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Stereo half. Posed group with drummer, with two girls bent over backwards with their hands touching the ground behind them. Subjects = nautches; stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 961(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 961(71)
Title:
Hindoo dancing girls [probably at Secunderabad]. Photographer: Scott, Allan Newton
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Stereo half. Similar to print 70, but with pose re-arranged. In the list of prints at the beginning of the volume, this plate is incorrectly captioned 'The same [ie dancing girls] playing cards'. Subjects = nautches; stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 961(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 961(72)
Title:
The same [dancing girls] resting after their performance [probably at Secunderabad]. Photographer: Scott, Allan Newton
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Stereo half. Dancers seated on couch. Subjects = stereoscopic prints
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 972, 6(340)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 6(340)
Title:
Dancing girl. Hindoo. Sind. Photographer: Tanner, Henry Charles Baskerville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photograph probably by Tanner, possibly by William Robert Houghton. Oval image. Full-length standing portrait: 'The principal class of dancing women in Sind is called Kanyari. Each has her own house, and is usually married pro forma to one of her musicians; but...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861-1862
Extent:
1 item