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31. Photo 1000/52(4947)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4947)
Title:
Grain sellers shop, (?)Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Merchants seated among wicker baskets of grain in front of their shop. Print probably shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 1000/52(4962)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4962)
Title:
Domestic servants, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed studio group showing four domestic servants posed in the act of performing various tasks (cleaning shoes, washing plates, pouring water, etc). Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 1000/52(4966)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4966)
Title:
Dubgurs at work, Surat. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men seated on a verandah, apparently making pots. 'Dubgur - a caste in the scale of Dheras, in Guzerat. They are also called Kalpa, or skinners.' (Glossary of Indian terms for the use of the various departments of the Government of the East India ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 1000/52(4972)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4972)
Title:
Non-photographic: Watercolour by a Bombay artist the process of boiling molasses in water to make sugar.
Scope & Content:
Shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. See Mildred Archer, 'Company drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 248, catalogue no. 201 (iv).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 1000/52(4956)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4956)
Title:
Tailors at work, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &c....Dursies or tailors,' by Nicholas & Curths, shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 (J. Forbes watson, 'Vienna Universal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 1000/52(4964)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4964)
Title:
Juggler performing the sword-swallowing trick, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photographer's name on mount. Probably shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. Studio portrait of juggler, with only the hilt of his sword protruding from his mouth.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 1000/52(4910)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4910)
Title:
Cloth stamper, Western India. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Cloth stamper seated at a low table on the verandah of a house. This is probably the photograph shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and described in the catalogue as follows: 'Printing...This is done by wooden stamps, which are charged with the colouring ma...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 1000/52(4961)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4961)
Title:
Bill collectors, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group posed with bills at the doorway of a house. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &c....Native bill collectors,' by Nicholas & Curths, shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 1000/52(4927)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4927)
Title:
Indian chatty (pottery) shop. Photographer: Hooper and Western
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography General view of roadside shop, with trader seated among earthenware pots in front of his shop. This is presumably one of the series of views by Hooper & Western which were shown first at the London Exhibition of 1871 and later at the Vienna Exhibition of 18...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 1000/52(4930)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4930)
Title:
Sonars (goldsmith caste) at work, Cuttack. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men seated on a mat at work. Two are using blowpipes to heat metal, two are working pieces of metal with small hammers. Prints 4930-4935 all appear to have been taken by the same photographer on the same occasion, and may have been displayed at Vi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item