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1. Photo 210/1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(51)
Title:
Snake charmers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Portrait of two snake charmers, probably photographed in India rather than Sri Lanka.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 210/1(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(52)
Title:
Galle Jewellers. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Four men standing round a table displaying jewellery. For another copy, see Photo 1224/1 (131) and for a carte-de-visite of the same group in a different pose, see Photo 127 (98). Photograph of four jewellers from Galle, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), displayin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 210/2(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/2(33)
Title:
Nautch at Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Nautch dance in progress, with spectators seated round the performers in a courtyard, and women watching from a purdah gallery above. Subjects = dance; entertainers; nautches
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item