View of Bope Bridge near Galle. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography River scene with iron footbridge. Two figures in catamaran in foreground. [Albumen print, 275x226mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; bridges; local craft; river scenes; transport; water transport Location = Ceylon; Galle; Sri Lanka
Medal given to Coorgs for loyalty in 1834, obverse. Photographer: Unknown
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Close view of the medal, which is dated 'April 1837.' [Albumen print, 60x97mm]. Subjects = medals & decorations Location = India; Karnataka; Kodagu District
General F.P. Haines, d. 11 June 1909 aged 90. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing carte-de-visite portrait of General Sir Frederick Paul Haines (1819-1909), Commander-in-Chief in India 1876-81. [Albumen print, 56x88mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection
Installation of Maharaja Chamrajendra Wodiar, Raja of Mysore, 23 Sepr. 1868. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of the five year old Maharaja Chamrajendra Wadiyar (1863-1898) seated on (and dwarfed by) a ceremonial throne. [Albumen print, 120x167mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; Indian rulers; installation ceremonies; official events
The Wellesley Bridge, Seringapatam. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the bridge towards the minars of the Jami Masjid on the far bank. [Albumen print, 248x197mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; bridges; river scenes Location = India; Karnataka; Kaveri (river); Seringapatam; Shrirangapattana
Koodiyars. Toddy drawers. Photographer: Richter, G.
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a man and a woman, seated on the ground, with a bottle placed between them. Photographed against the same cloth backdrop as prints 191a and 191b. [Albumen print, 102x123mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; ethnic groups; Kudiyas; occup...
Panorama of Merkara [Madikeri]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view of the town from the east, composed of three joined prints. In the centre print can be seen the fort and palace hill, with the English Church visible at the south end of the fort enclosure. In the lower lying land in the foreground is the Omkareshvara...
Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group portrait in a garden. The sitters are identified as follows: (front row, seated, left to right): Père Garcier, J. Coadou (Bishop, d. 1890), Père Chevalier (Bishop of Mysore, d. 1880), Bishop Charbonneau (d. 1874), Père Jarrige (d. 1890), Père Bouquet, Pè...