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Subject South Asian Ethnic Groups

941. Photo 1168/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(23)
Title:
Mohamedan women of Surat. Photographer: Johnson and Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of two women and a young girl, posed in front of the verandah of a house.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1856
Extent:
1 item

942. Photo 1192(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(42)
Title:
A Parsee lady. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Full-length standing studio portrait of a Parsi lady.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

943. Photo 1192(177)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(177)
Title:
Naga of Assam. Photographer: Macropolo and Co, D.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Group of Naga men and women, posed in a jungle setting.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

944. Photo 1192(178)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(178)
Title:
Young Lushai woman. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Monochrome postcard, divided back. Head-and-shoulder profile portrait of a Lushai girl.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930s
Extent:
1 item

945. Photo 1224/1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(35)
Title:
Bombay. Parsees. Photographer: Frith's Series
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered and titled 3218. Parsees in the negative; blindstamped Frith's Series. Full-length studio portrait of two Parsi men, one standing beside a table, the elder figure seated.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

946. Photo 1224/1(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(39)
Title:
Hackerry [bullock carriage], Bombay. Photographer: Frith's Series
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered and titled 3009. Bullock Hackerry. Bombay in the negative; Frith's Series blindstamp. Side view of a two-wheeled carriage, drawn by two bullocks, with two Parsee passengers and driver.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

947. Photo 1224/1(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(78)
Title:
Todars. Aborigines of the [Nilgiri] Hills. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 2020 in the negative. Posed group of Toda men and women, seated in front of a Toda house. The Bourne and Shepherd catalogue titles this photograph: 'The Neilgherries: Toda Mund, village and Todas.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

948. Photo 1224/2(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(44)
Title:
Rajpoots. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Shepherd & Robertson, Photo: 1120 in the negative. Three sword bearing men kneeling, holding swords. On the left stands a bearer holding a staff; with a large hookah in the foreground. Also, a barely legible inscription on the negative reads (?)'Pi611'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

949. Photo 1224/2(163)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(163)
Title:
[Kashmir Boatmen.] Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Numbered 876 in the negative. Kashmir and Ladakh were visited by album compiler between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Group portrait of Kashmiri boatmen, arranged in the open air in front of a cloth backdrop. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'Kashmir Boatmen'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1865
Extent:
1 item

950. Photo 1224/2(164)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(164)
Title:
[Kashmiri] Boatmen. Photographer: Frith's Series
Scope & Content:
Frith's Series blindstamp. Kashmir and Ladakh were visited by album compiler between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Group portrait of Kashmiri boatmen, arranged in front of a cloth backdrop.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item