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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972

111. Photo 972, 2(105a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(105a)
Title:
Sook Narain Pundit. Hindoo: MIsser Brahmin. Allahabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait. Oval image. 'Sook Narain belongs to the class of Brahmins called Misser, who are found almost all over India. Sook Narain is a high priest, and performs religious ceremonies for those who require his services...' Subjects = Brah...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

112. Photo 972, 2(106)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(106)
Title:
Khate Bishnoi. Hindoo mechanic. Moradabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait. Oval image. 'The Bishnoi is a common caste in the Moradabad district and in other parts of the North-Western provinces...Khate Bishnoi...is a Hindoo. His height is five feet seven and a half inches, and he is sixty-three ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

113. Photo 972, 2(107)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(107)
Title:
Mirassees. Mahomedan minstrels. Moradabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three figures, seated on a rug, with musical instruments: 'Mirassees, or minstrels, are not a reputable class of people, and are generally employed by dancing girls to play to them, when engaged to dance or sing at nautches...They are common in the dis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

114. Photo 972, 2(108)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(108)
Title:
Booksa. Probably aboriginal. Moradabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait. Oval image. 'This tribe, who closely resemble the Tharoos...live entirely in the Terai forest; they are a quiet, shy race, keeping very much to themselves. In the rebellion, they showed themselves much attached to the Bri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

115. Photo 972, 2(109)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(109)
Title:
Bhat. Wandering minstrel. Mahomedan. Moradabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait. Oval image. 'The specimen photographed comes from Umroha, a town in Moradabad full of old and decayed Mahomedan families. The occupation of the Bhat shown in this photograph is the narration of family traditions and legen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

116. Photo 972, 2(110)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(110)
Title:
Gwal Nut. Hindoo: Nut tribe. Moradabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait. Oval image, faded. Subjects = ethnic groups; Nuts (caste); printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 2, 1868) Location = India; Moradabad; Uttar Prad...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

117. Photo 972, 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3
Title:
The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan. Volume III.
Scope & Content:
The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan. Volume III.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
63 items

118. Photo 972, 3(111)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(111)
Title:
Thakoors. Hindoo Rajpoots, Shahjehanpore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of two men. 'The particular class photographed here belongs to the Hutteea Rajpoots, who refused to bow to the King of Delhi. Their chief occupations are military service and agriculture, and they are not migratory...They ar egener...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

119. Photo 972, 3(112)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(112)
Title:
Pathans. Mahomedans. Shahjehanpore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three men, two seated on a carpet, one standing. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; Pathans; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 3, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

120. Photo 972, 3(113)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(113)
Title:
Bhuddhiks. Hindoo peasants. Shahjehanpore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two men and two women, posed in front of a tree. They are characterized in the letterpress as being skilful gang robbers. Subjects = Bhuddhiks (ethnic group); ethnic groups; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Wats...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item