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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 124

61. Photo 124(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(60)
Title:
[Riverside scene, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Family group in foreground, with houseboats moored along the riverside and a village in the background on the further bank.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 124(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(61)
Title:
[Riverside scene, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the bank of a broad river (probably the Ganges), with local craft beached in the foreground. The nearest boat is a long, very narrow wooden fishing craft with sharp, upward pointing stem and stern.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 124(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(62)
Title:
[Riverside scene, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
River scene with houseboats moored in the foreground and a village on the further bank. Probably taken in the same locality as print 60.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 124(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(63)
Title:
[Portrait group, N.E. India.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length studio portrait of two men and a woman. Ethnic group unidentified, but probably from North-East India or Nepal, possibly photographed in the Darjeeling area. Subjects = ethnic groups; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 124(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(64)
Title:
An idol shop. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of statuettes of Hindu deities arranged on shelves. Boy seated in foreground holding a statue. Possibly a Bourne & Shepherd photograph.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 124(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(65)
Title:
[Snake charmers.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Snake charmers at work, with two snakes rising. Subjects = entertainers; music; musical instruments; snake charmers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 124(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(66)
Title:
Baloo-wallah. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Trained bear with its master. Print unsigned, but print number 3009 matches Bourne & Shepherd photograph of this subject under the heading 'Central India types'. Subjects = animals; bears; entertainers; performing animals; performing bears
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 124(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(67)
Title:
Native musicians [Northern India]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of musicians posed with drums, gongs and a trumpet-like instrument in front of a European building. Possibly photographed in the Darjeeling area.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 124(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(68)
Title:
Khols [Kols]. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of 13 Kol men and youths posed with bows and arrows in the open. Probably photographed in modern-day Bihar. Photograph unsigned, but the Bourne & Shepherd catalogue number 3038 can just be made out on the print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 124(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 124(69)
Title:
Khols [Kols]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of Kol women posed in the open air with baskets and picked flowers. The flowers are unidentified (?possibly crocuses harvested for saffron). Probably photographed in modern-day Bihar. Photograph unisgned, but probably no. 3039 in the Bourne & Shepherd catalogue.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item