The 108 temples, Nawab Hat. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Genre: Architectural Photography Caption continues: 'There are really 109 temples here. The 109th is outside the Quadrangle, representing the 'Meru' or top bead of the Hindu rosary, which contains 109 beads, and a devotee going round these 109 temples containing the symbol of Shiva is supposed ...
[Reproduction of a painting]. The installation ceremony of the Maharaj Adhiraj, Bijay Chand Mahtab Bahadur, at Burdwan, on the tenth of February, 1903. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Genre: Historical Events Subjects = installation ceremonies; investitures; official events; paintings and drawings; Zetland Collection Location = Barddhaman; Burdwan; India; West Bengal
The Maharajadhiraja Bahadurs of Burdwan. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Genre: Portrait Photography Five circular head and shoulders portraits in a frame with the crest of the Burdwan State above: Tilak Chand [Ruled] 1744-1771; Tej Chand 1771-1832; Mahtab Chand 1832-1879; Aftab Chand Mahtab 1879-1885; Bijay Chand Mahtab 1887-. Subjects = Indian rulers; Zetland Co...
Zetland Collection: Album of 'Views of Gaur and Pundua'. Photographer(s): Johnston and Hoffmann
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Black full-leather album, 367 x 465 mm, containing mounted prints with handwritten captions. The title is stamped in gold on the front cover and the photographer's label is inside the back cover. The words, 'From the people of Malda 1919', are written on the page before Print 1. The photographs ...