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21. Photo 972, 7(341)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(341)
Title:
Purriar Meenas. Robber tribe. Rajpootana. Photographer: Impey, Eugene Clutterbuck
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image, faded. Full-length portrait of four men, three standing in foreground, one seated behind: '...As the tribe is predatory and classes with those hereditary robbers who, though more reclaimed than they used to be, still prey upon the public at large in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1863
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 972, 7(343)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(343)
Title:
Jat Sirdars. Hindoos. Rajpootana [Bharatpur]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three seated figures with attendant. '...The group here represented...depicts three persons of the upper class, sirdars or chiefs, sitting in a most respectful, but to them, truly uncomfortable manner, with their feet tucked under them, and their sword...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 972, 7(345)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(345)
Title:
Goojur Sirdars. Hindoo. Rajpootana [Bharatpur]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three kneeling figures (similarly posed to group on print 343), with attendant standing at left beside large hookah. '...Though the names of those represented in the plate are not given, we may assume them, from the Political Agent's Report, to belong ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 972, 7(348)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(348)
Title:
Sadhs. Hindoo sect. Rajpootana [Bharatpur]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men, two standing, two seated on charpoy. 'By the official description, the Sadhs appear to be rather a limited sect than a separate, since any Hindoo of good caste can enter it...They do not acknowledge any Hindoo incarnations or divinity, but pr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 972, 7(354)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(354)
Title:
Dhangees. Hindoos. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'This group consists of a young Dhangee chief, Rajah Krishna, and a relation probably, sitting by him, with four attendants behind, one of whom carries a chowree of yak's tail. The young chief is superbly dressed in cloth of gold, but seems particularly ill at ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 972, 7(356)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(356)
Title:
Koormees. Hindoo cultivators. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group of eight men, women and children. 'Koormees, or Kumbis, are Sudra Hindoos of good rank in the social scale all over India; a most industrious and hard-working people wherever they are found, with no imputation of normal crime attached to them,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 972, 7(359)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(359)
Title:
Mahratta Pundits. Brahmins. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of four figures, seated in a row in European chairs, with attendant standing behind. Same composition and setting as print 358. Rao Krishn Rao, seen in print 357, is seated second from right. 'The present group consists of Brahmins who are ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 972, 7(362)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(362)
Title:
Rajah of Gungyee. Hindoo. Nursingpoor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Full-length seated portrait, with sword resting across lap. 'As this person is not mentioned in any of the official lists...it can only assumed that he is one of the petty chiefs with whom that province abounds. They are partly Gond, partly Rajpoot,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 972, 7(366)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(366)
Title:
Brinjaries. Hindoos. Central India. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of man and woman. '...the excellent photograph of Lieutenant Waterhouse cannot be passed by, as the figures are so essentially characteristic and excellent. The man wears a red and white turban, awhite tunic and dhoty, and a red scarf over his shoulder...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 972, 7(372)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(372)
Title:
Shekhawattee Bunneas. Hindoos. Indore. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four men, seated in a semi-circle on a carpet. 'These also may be classed under the term Marwarrees. They are the same class exactly as those described before under that head; respectable merchants, bankers, and general dealers, flourishing in Holkar's...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item