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).
Kotas playing and dancing, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed group of musicians and dancers. Plate xviii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Genre: Architectural Photography Plate 87 of Lepel Griffin, 'Famous Monuments of Central India' (London, 1886). View of the Jhula Darwaza from the other side. Note the camera positioned by the left-hand column of the gateway. Duplicate at Photo 50/2 (148).
Portrait of H.H. the Maharaja Bhan Pratap Singh of Bijawar. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Bhan Pratap Singh (1842-1899), Maharaja of Bijawar 1847-99, seated beside a table, with a chauri-badar (servant holding flywhisk) standing at his left shoulder.
H.H. the Maharaja Bhan Pratap Singh of Bijawar and his court. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
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Genre: Portrait Photography Formal portrait, with the Maharaja seated on cushions in the centre of his officials, who are ranged in two rows on either side of him. Two servants, holding fly whisk and fan, stand behind the group.