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Subject Thugs ( India )

1. Mss Eur G91(165a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91(165a)
Title:
Jabalpoor, group of Thugs. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Group of seven thugs seated on a carpet. The print is unnumbered and unsigned, but almost certainly corresponds to no. 128 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue, where the location is given as Simla rather than Jabalpur. Jabalpur in fact seems a more likely location for, as Bowring writes (pp. 16...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 28/2(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(27)
Title:
Group of native Thugs. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of seven thugs sitting on a rug. An unnumbered print, but almost certainly Bourne No.128, listed in the catalogue as having been taken at Simla. See also Photo 127 (67), for a carte de visite portrait of this group. The carpet on which they are seated is presumably a visual refer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 671(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 671(1)
Title:
Sirdar Amerik Singh Bahadur, Inspector Thuggee Depart. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait, in uniform, posed among potted plants, his left hand resting on his sword.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item