Inscription: Numbered '10' and titled in French as above in the negative. View looking along the bank of the Suez Canal towards a dredger. Print unsigned, but attributed to Arnoux.
Fakeers [Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
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Signed and numbered Shepherd & Robertson Photo: 1127 in the negative. Portrait of two ascetics, one standing, one seated cross-legged. Photograph listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'Udasees (Fakeers).'
Full-length studio portrait of a young man seated on a chair holding a fan, his right arm resting on a table with books and tea cup on the right. Image in carte de visite format.
Full-length portrait of two men, undergoing the punishment of the 'cangue'. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.31.-The Cangue. The kia, or cangue, is a wooden frame, weighing about 201lbs, which is bolted round the neck of criminals convicted of certain minor offences. It rests on ...
Full-length portrait of a couple with children, seated on the steps of a house. The woman holds a basket and carries an infant on her back. On the left, a man holding a pipe is seated. With contemporary printed descriptive label, reading in part: 'No.7. - A Family Scene. The division of labour i...