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21. Photo 972, 4(198)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(198)
Title:
Moulvees. Mussulman lawyers. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography For other copies of this photograph (later printings, with the background whited out, see APAC Photo 15/10(49) and Photo 28/2(38). Subjects = lawyers; moulvies; occupations; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 972, 4(199)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(199)
Title:
Rajpoots. Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed group of four men. A faded print. 'The group photographed shows a party of Chohan soldiers, armed in the native manner. The figure on the right has a broad shield at his back, which is slung over his left shoulder, and can be disengaged in a moment...The ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

23. 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

24. Photo 972, 4(185)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(185)
Title:
Schroff. Money dealer. Hindoo. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. 'In the photograph the Schroff is represented seated cross-legged upon his bench, with piles of cowries before him, ready counted; and he is offering a handful of pyce to a Mussulman customer, who apparently doubts whether they are enough. Before hi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 972, 4(177)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(177)
Title:
Hoona Mull. Uggurwalla Bunnea. Hindoo. Hissar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged on a carpet. Oval image, some fading. 'They are, in short, a steady, money getting class of people, given to hard bargains and usury; but they are, at the same time, men of their word, strict in their transactions, not ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 972, 4(183)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(183)
Title:
Dyers. Mahomedans. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'The trade of dyeing is universal throughout India, and is carried on both by Hindoos and Mahomedans, apart, or in combination, as shown in the photograph. In this picture, the standing figure, who is rubbing the mixed dye stuff through a cloth to strain it, is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 972, 4(200)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(200)
Title:
Brahmins. Hindoos. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography '...A group of four persons is represented. One of these reading, probably from a sacred book, to a boy who is sitting on his right hand, and is most likely a pupil. The other two men are apparently listening, though the youth on the right of the group may be a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 972, 4(178)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(178)
Title:
Sumneus Khan. Ranghur Mahomedans. Formerly Rajpoots. Hissar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a man armed with a spear. Oval image, some fading. 'The Ranghurs are a proud, turbulent, and domineering class of men; given to robbery, but not to theft; careless of money, and jealous of honour; and they are brave, and more to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 972, 4(187)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(187)
Title:
Zunlozis. Gold lace weavers. Mussulmans. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. 'The photograph shows a man at work, with his assistant, who may be required occasionally, but who for the present is looking on. The workman is seated on a rude stool, which has a rest for his right hand. The treadles of his simple loom, worked by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 972, 4(196)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 4(196)
Title:
Oodassees. Sikh devotees. Mendicants. Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two men, smeared with wood ash. Subjects = ascetics; beggars; ethnic groups; printed books; Udasis; 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