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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 515

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

32. Photo 515/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(30)
Title:
[Group of Hindu devotees, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of three men, one holding a drum, one s pilgrim trident and the centre figure standing on one leg. Subjects = ascetics
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 515/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(31)
Title:
[Catamaran on the beach at Madras.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = catamarans; fishing; fishing boats; local craft; transport; water transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 515/1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(32)
Title:
[A group of schoolgirls with their teacher, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio group portrait with teacher seated in centre. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '134. A group of school girls'. Subjects = education; schoolchildren; schools
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 515/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(33)
Title:
[Dhobi, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Dhobi scrubbing a garment on a rock beside a river. Subjects = dhobis; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 515/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(34)
Title:
[Lodoicea Seychellarum, the coco de mer palm, Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Ceylon.] Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Photographer uncredited, but probably by Scowen & Co. [Albumen print, 208x272mm]. Subjects = palm trees; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1880s
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 515/1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(35)
Title:
[Portrait of a (?)Burmese man.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders vignetted portrait. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); ethnic groups
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 515/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(36)
Title:
[Reckla or small bullock cart, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man standing on a cart drawn by a small bullock. The reckla is small two-wheeled carriage consisting of little more than a small platform and seat mounted over the cross-axle. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '75. Reckla (Native...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 515/1(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(37)
Title:
[Portrait of a young girl, Ceylon.] Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait of a Ceylonese girl. Subjects = ethnic groups; Sinhalese Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 515/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(38)
Title:
[Portrait of a young (?)Tamil girl, Ceylon.] Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Tamils Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item