Hindi class in the Government Normal School, Lucknow. Photographer: Unknown
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Class in progress, with students seated round teacher on the verandah of the school. The teacher appears to be demonstrating an unidentified piece of scientific equipment.
Genre: Portrait Photography Class in progress on school verandah. The school is not identified in the caption, but the group appears to have been taken on the same occasion as print 4693, which is identified as Canning College. However, prints 4687 and 4689, also taken on the same verandah, are...
A Pandit teaching the Vedas, Varanasi. Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group of pupils, seated around their teacher on a rug, and posed in the act of making various hand gestures. ;Taken by the photographer in the service of H.H. the Maharaja of Benares ... Exhibitor H.H. the Maharaja of Benares. After exhibition to be placed at the dis...
School inspector examining an indigenous school, Varanasi (Benares). Photographer: Bromochary, Brajo Gopal
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group of inspector and pupils: 'Taken by the photographer in the service of H.H. the Maharaja of Benares. The Sub Dy. Inspector of Schools Munshi Chhote Lal (to the left) is examining an indigenous (Persian private) school. The teacher is standing on the right. After...
Class with mistress in vernacular girls' school, Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Class grouped on benches around the teacher. Print shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 (remnants of exhibition label on back of mount and listed in catalogue). Although purporting to show scenes in different schools, prints 4644-4646 are clearly taken in the same ...
Class with teacher in vernacular school, Bombay. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Class of young boys seated on the floor in front of the teacher. Print shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 (remnants of exhibition label on back of mount and listed in catalogue, where it is titled, 'Vernacular school and 'pantojee' (schoolmaster)'). Although purp...