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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972

211. Photo 972, 4(203)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(203)
Title:
Bairagees. Hindoo devotees. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three men. Oval image. '...Two members of the order are given in the guise in which they usually appear, either when migratory as performing pilgrimages, or engaged in local practices of penance...The central figure may have been a Brahmin or Rajpoot, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

212. Photo 972, 4(204)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(204)
Title:
Menas. Hindoos of low caste. Vagrants. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a man and a woman. Oval image. 'The Meenas are one of the aboriginal tribes which formerly, perhaps, peopled Rajpootana, where they still remain. They are found in Jeypoor, Joudhpoor, and generally all over Rajpootan; but it is ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

213. Photo 972, 4(205)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(205)
Title:
Jogis. Snake charmers. Hindoos of low caste. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The photograph displays two of the tribe exhibiting cobra capellas, or nags, and playing to them upon an instrument made of a gourd of a peculiar shape...The sound is like that of a flageolet...Strange as it may seem, the hooded snakes appear to delight in the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

214. Photo 972, 4(206)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(206)
Title:
Famine stricken group. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Presumably victims of the famine of 1860-61. Subjects = disasters; famine; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

215. Photo 972, 4(207)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(207)
Title:
Kunaits. Buddhists and Hindoos. Simla. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three figures. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; Kunaits; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

216. Photo 972, 4(208)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(208)
Title:
Rae Doona Chund. Banker. Jain Surongie. Simla. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'Rae Doona Chund is a native gentleman of the same Jain sect as Shadi Seth above alluded to [print 153], and, like him, is a banker and merchant of great respectability. In the year 1857 he proved his devotion to the Bri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

217. Photo 972, 4(209)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(209)
Title:
Pundit Jowalla Nath. Brahmin. Saharunpoor [sic for Shimla?]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait, full-face. Oval image. 'The gentleman here represented is a fine specimen of his class, a secular Brahmin, in the service of Government...The Pundit is, or was, tehsildar, or collector of revenue of the Roorkee district. He is a nat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

218. Photo 972, 4(210)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(210)
Title:
Rajah of Jubal. Hindoo. Simla. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length portrait of the Raja of Jubbal. Oval image. Subjects = Indian rulers; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

219. Photo 972, 4(211)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(211)
Title:
Rajah of Kothee. Hindoo of Rajpoot origin. Simla. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait, with sons. Subjects = Indian rulers; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

220. Photo 972, 4(212)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(212)
Title:
Kunyts. Hindoo and Buddhist. Simla. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, faded print. 'The photograph represents a group of four persons of this class, three men and one woman, who, according to the custom of polyandry prevalent among the Kunyts, may probably be the wife of the three brothers, with whom she is ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item