31. Photo 515/1(29)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 515/1(29)
- Title:
- [Picotta (device for raising water), South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Landscape Photography Two men operating a picottah, 'that ancient machine for raising water, which consists of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm...' (Hobson-Jobson). Probably the print listed in the...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1880s
- Extent:
- 1 item