Genre: Landscape Photography View of cremation taking place at the Burning Ghat. Subjects = cremation; funerals; funerary practices (Hindu); ghats; rites and customs
Calcutta. Government House. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the north-east, taken from an elevated viewpoint. Print unsigned, but probably by Johnston & Hoffmann. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; government houses
Calcutta. Government House. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the north-east, taken from ground level and closer than print 26. Print unsigned, but probably by Johnston & Hoffmann. Subjects = British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; government houses
India. View on Darjeeling Railway. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography Showing the line of the Darjeeling Hill Railway running through forest. Subjects = Darjeeling Hill Railway; railway companies; railways; transport
India. View on Darjeeling Railway. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of a train negotiating the Loop on the Darjeeling Hill Railway. Subjects = Darjeeling Hill Railway; railway companies; railway rolling stock; railways; trains; transport
Darjeeling. View of Kinchinjunga. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the Himalayas from Darjeeling. Subjects = hill stations; mountain scenery Location = Darjeeling; Darjiling; Himalayas; India; Kangchenjunga; West Bengal
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed group of four women with baskets of cow dung for use as fuel. Subjects = dung dryers; ethnic groups; occupations; women