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1. Photo 1228(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(55)
Title:
Bhootia [sic, for Lepcha] woman. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Head-and-shoulders half-profile portrait of a young Lepcha woman of Sikkim. This portrait also appears in John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, 'The People of India' (London, 8 vols., 1868-75), vol. 1, plate 48, there identified as a L...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1228(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1228(28)
Title:
A forest elephant, 'Mulunga' Hathee. Photographer: Webber, Thomas Wingfield
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Side view of the seated elephant, with the photographer's wife Matilda (identified), seated on its back. The mahout is identified as Khoda Bux and the young man standing in profile on the right as 'Conta Pershad Chuprassee.' With additional note on album page beneath...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item