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1. IO Islamic 3043

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 3043
Title:
Ṣad dar صد در
Scope & Content:
Zoroastrian text
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1575
Extent:
143 folios

2. Photo 1000/42(4334)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4334)
Title:
Studio portrait of an Parsee woman and child, Bombay. Photographer: Hurrichund Chintamon.
Scope & Content:
Studio portrait, with woman standing, child seated on European style chair. Print shown at Paris Exhibition of 1867. See Photo 150 (20) for another portrait of this woman, taken during the same sitting but with a different child seated in the chair. This photograph is probably by William Johnson...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/42(4349)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4349)
Title:
Studio portrait of three Parsees and a Parbhu, Bombay. Photographer: Hurrichund Chintamon.
Scope & Content:
Group seated around a small table, on which are placed books and writing implements, emphasising their intellectual interests and attainments. The Parbhu (Prabhu) man is second from the right. For a detailed account of this group, see S.M. Edwardes, The Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island (3 vol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/42(4350)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4350)
Title:
Studio portrait of a large Parsee family group, Bombay. Photographer: Hurrichund Chintamon.
Scope & Content:
Group of 13 men, women and children, posed in front of backdrop. The elderly, bearded man in the front row also appears in prints 4349 and 4358. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/42(4357)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4357)
Title:
Full-length standing portrait of Manickjee Antarya, the celebrated Parsee traveller, Bombay. Photographer: Hurrichund Chintamon.
Scope & Content:
Studio portrait, posed against a painted backdrop of a rustic scene. The traveller holds an axe, a leather bag and a (?)water bottle. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/42(4358)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4358)
Title:
Portrait group, Bombay. Photographer: Hurrichund Chintamon.
Scope & Content:
Posed group of six figures. The European on the left is identified simply as 'A German', three other figures as 'Parsees', the figure seated on the left as Dr Bhau Dajee, and the figure seated on the right (who also appears in 4349 and 4350), as 'Shenoy' (?). Note: the identifications of Dr Bhau...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/42(4368)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4368)
Title:
Studio portrait of Khan Bahadur Dustorjee Nosherwanjee, Parsee High Priest of the Deccan, at Bombay. Photographer: William George Stretton.
Scope & Content:
Half-length studio portrait, with letterpress title on mount. Photographed at Stretton's 'Byculla Studio'. Another portrait at Photo 447/3 (50).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/42(4378)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4378)
Title:
Studio portrait of Khan Bahadur Padanjee Pestonjee, Member of the Legislative Council, Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length seated portrait.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/42(4381)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4381)
Title:
Studio portrait of a group of Parsee ladies, Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Seven Parsee women, grouped around a table.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/43(4457)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/43(4457)
Title:
Portrait of a Parsee lady. Photographer: Hooper and Western
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item