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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 515

21. Photo 515/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(19)
Title:
[Dancing girls, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of three dancing girls in their finery. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '56. Dancing girls, (several subjects, groups)'. Subjects = dance
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 515/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(20)
Title:
[Roadside vegetable seller.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two women selling produce at the roadside, with a young boy making a purchase. Print unsigned, but probably by Nicholas & Co. Subjects = occupations; street traders
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 515/1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(21)
Title:
[Jugglers, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing a man securing a woman in a rope net preparatory to placing her in a basket, with a boy with a drum at the right. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '30. Jugglers, showing the basket trick'. Subjects = entertainers; jugg...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 515/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(22)
Title:
Child playing with cobra [South India]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = entertainers; snake charmers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 515/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(23)
Title:
Snake charmer [South India]. Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = entertainers; snake charmers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 515/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(24)
Title:
[Farmer ploughing (or harrowing) with bullock team, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Probably either the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '214. Harrowing the ground', or '33. Native plough'. Subjects = agricultural implements; agriculture; crops; farming; ploughing; ploughs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 515/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(25)
Title:
[Palms, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Group of palms, with pool in foreground. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '76. Lotus tank and date palms'. Subjects = date palms; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 515/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(26)
Title:
[Potters, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two potters posed beside their wheel. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '39. Potters at work'. Subjects = arts & crafts; occupations; potteries; potters; pottery
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 515/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(27)
Title:
[Servant girls, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait against a painted backdrop of a young woman carrying two pots, with a younger girl standing beside her. Possibly the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '24. Cook and cook's maty [assistant]'. Subjects = occupations; servants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 515/1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(28)
Title:
[Bamboos and lake in the Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya , Ceylon.] Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = bamboos; botanical gardens; trees & plants Location = Ceylon; Peradeniya; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item