[Ethnographical portrait of a Sart man named Tourdebaї Choukourbaї, Fergana Province.] Photographer: Kazlowski
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Full-face half-length portrait of a Sart man named Tourdebaї Choukourbaї, aged 48, born at Kokand (Qo'qon).
Photograph by means of which the 'Amherst Street Murder' was identified. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Scientific Photography View of the upper body of Rose Brown, laid out on a charpoy. This young Indian woman was found lying in Amherst Street, Calcutta, with her throat cut. Although referred to as a murder case, Chevers was of the opinion that suicide was a more likely verdict (p. 424)....
[Equestrian portrait of Colonel George Francis Vesey.] Photographer: West and Sons, G.
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Genre: Portrait Photography Left profile portrait of George Francis Vesey, in uniform and on horseback, probably taken about the time of his retirement from the army in 1889. The identity of the photographer is given by the photograph at f. 35, which was clearly taken on the same occasion and b...