Bheesty, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing portrait of a bhisti or water-carrier, his bullock-skin of water slung over his shoulder.
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait. Crudely hand-coloured salt print. The image has been very lightly printed and there is almost no indication beneath the colouring that this is in fact a photograph.