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121. Photo 15/10(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(32)
Title:
Women clearing weeds. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Row of women working in a field in Kashmir, probably at Srinagar. Subjects = agricultural labour; Elgin Collection; occupations; women
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

122. Photo 15/10(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(33)
Title:
Children clearing weeds. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Row of children working in a field in Kashmir, probably at Srinagar. Subjects = agricultural labour; child labour; Elgin Collection; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

123. Photo 15/4(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/4(30)
Title:
Tank near Government House, Mysore, with Chamundi Hill beyond. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view. Subjects = Elgin Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895
Extent:
1 item

124. Photo 15/6(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(49)
Title:
[Carvings on the Chinese temple at Bhamo.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up of wood carvings. Subjects = arts & crafts; Elgin Collection; woodcarving Location = Bhamo; Burma; Kachin; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

125. Photo 15/10(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(49)
Title:
Moulvies [Muslim lawyers, Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three seated men in discussion, surrounded by books. Much of the background, apart from two framed calligraphic illustrations on the wall, has been whited out. This photographs appears as illustration no. 198 in vol IV of 'The People of India' (APAC Photo 972/4...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

126. Photo 15/10(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(53)
Title:
Sansies. Delhi District. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of two women and a man of the Sansi tribe, a hereditary vagrant or criminal class. Photograph used as illustration no. 195 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869). Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Sansis; vagrants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

127. Photo 15/10(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(55)
Title:
Shrofs. Money changer. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of two men, seated with account books and piles of coins. Subjects = Elgin Collection; money changers; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

128. Photo 15/8(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(12)
Title:
Types of Engines - First 1854. - Latest 1897 [Jamalpur Railway Workshops]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Earlier, smaller locomotive (named Multum in Parvo on wheel casing) at right. Later locomotive is numbered 223. Subjects = Elgin Collection; locomotives; railway rolling stock; railways; transport Location = Bihar; India; Jamalpur
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

129. Photo 15/8(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(16)
Title:
St Mary's Church [Jamalpur] - Exterior. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the brick-built church with tower. Subjects = British colonial architecture; churches; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India Location = Bihar; India; Jamalpur
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

130. Photo 15/8(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/8(17)
Title:
St Mary's Church [Jamalpur] - Interior. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography From nave, looking towards choir and altar. Subjects = British colonial architecture; churches; Elgin Collection; European architecture in India; interiors Location = Bihar; India; Jamalpur
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item