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61. Photo 1000/52(4959b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4959b)
Title:
Copper and iron mining scenes, Alwar. Photographer: Cadell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography See note at print 4958(a).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 1000/52(4965)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4965)
Title:
Group of jugglers and musicians, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio group. The sword-swallower from print 4964 also appears in this group. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &c....Native jugglers,' by Nicholas & Curths, shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 (J. Forb...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 1000/52(4948)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4948)
Title:
Oil mill, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Bullock team grinding down contents of a large wooden tank to produce (coconut?) oil. The animals are attached to an arm which turns the base of the container. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, oc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 1000/52(4929c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4929c)
Title:
Gold- and silversmiths at work: Soldering with the blowpipe and the jeweller adjusting an ornament for the head. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing two smiths at work, the younger man on the left using a blowpipe. Probably a print shown at an international exhibition.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 1000/52(4909)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4909)
Title:
Dyers at work, Western India. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of dyers posed beside vats. This is probably the photograph shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and described in the catalogue as follows: 'The vats are of clay, and built in as shown in the picture. The furnace goes right under the vat, the fuel used...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 1000/52(4918)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4918)
Title:
Potters at work, near Karachi Photographer: Michie and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Scene in a pottery, with two potters at their wheels, a man in the foreground and finished work stacked behind. This print is from the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and is described as follows: 'Photograph showing potters' yard, on the bank of the 'Lyaree' River, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 1000/52(4944)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4944)
Title:
Women pounding and cleaning rice, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two women, one using a pestle and mortar holding a tray of rice. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &c....Native women pounding and cleaning rice' by Nicholas & Cur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 1000/52(4953)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4953)
Title:
Butcher's shop, Hyderabad. Photographer: Hooper and Western
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three men posed round chopping block in front of shop, with meat hanging from hooks. This is presumably one of the series of views by Hooper & Western which was shown first at the London Exhibition of 1871 and later at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 (J. Forb...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 1000/52(4946)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4946)
Title:
Two women grinding grain in the yard of a house. Photographer: Hooper and Western
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography An elderly and a younger women seated at a grindstone, watched by a young boy. This is presumably one of the series of views by Hooper & Western which were shown first at the London Exhibition of 1871 and later at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 (J. Forbes Wa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 1000/52(4892)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4892)
Title:
Cotton stacks and 'churka' or cotton gin in operation, Berar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Showing a group of workers posed among piles of cotton. In the middleground two women operate a small churka or gin, while in the foreground a man is posed with a spinning wheel. Photograph 'Enclosed in India Foreign Revenue Letter no. 23 Dec 22/66. Recd. Feb. 1867.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item