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31. Photo 972, 7(375)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(375)
Title:
Charun. Hindoo. Central India. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait of a man dressed in white, wearing large puggree. Probably photographed at Ratlam. 'Among the Rajput tribes Brahmins have comparatively little spiritual authority; Charuns and Bhats are their ordinary priests, and they keep the recor...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 972, 7(384)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(384)
Title:
Thakoor Hurree Singh. Rajpoot. Sillana. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length seated portrait. The letterpress states that 'The official record is silent on the subject of this person; and it can only be presumed that he is one of the Thakoors or barons of the small state and court of Sillana, who is in nowise remarkable'. Wa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
March 1862
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 972, 7(395)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(395)
Title:
Nawab Jumaloodeen Bahadur. (Dewan). Bhopal. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Full-length seated portrait. 'The Dewan is not a pure Afghan, but has an admixture of Hindoo blood. His ancestors in the fourth of fifth generations were Hindoos of the Kullal, or distillers' caste, and were made Mussulman proselytes in the time of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 972, 7(355)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(355)
Title:
Saonras. Aboriginal tribe. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seven men and women, grouped in two rows, with a wicker basket standing in front. 'The Saonras are one of the sections of the aboriginal tribes of the Central Provinces, not far removed from the Gonds, either in appearance or in habits; but they have the credit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 972, 7(357)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(357)
Title:
Rao Krishn Rao. Hindoo. Saugor. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Full-length portrait, seated at a table, writing. 'Rao Krishn Rao is a Mahratta pundit, who resides at Saugor. As he forms one of a group (No. 359), in which others of his class are represented, further mention of him here is unnecessary; and, indee...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 972, 7(365)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(365)
Title:
Bheels of Jhabooa. Central India. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a man and a woman. 'The male figure represented is Nar Singh, a private in the Malwah Bheel corps. He has been drilled, and has lost his original wild appearance. The Bheels of Jhabooa are, however, of an industrious class, cult...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 972, 7(370)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(370)
Title:
Bhorahs. Mussulman traders. Indore. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of seven men, five seated and two standing. '...The Bhorahs are an exclusively trading and mercantile class. They are never soldiers, cultivators, or artisans, but traders only; and, it must be confessed, are remarkably industrious and persevering: extrem...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 972, 7(373)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(373)
Title:
Brahmins of Oomkar. Mundhata. Nimaur. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of five men, three seated, two standing. 'These Brahmins belong to the Smarth, a Sivaic sect, and in nowise differ from others previously described. Theyare some of the priests who officiate at the celebrated temples of Mundhata, in the Nimaur province, t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 972, 7(383)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(383)
Title:
Rajah of Sillana. Rajpoot. Sillana. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait of Dudai Singh. Subjects = ethnic groups; Indian rulers; printed books; Rajputs; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 7, 1872)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 972, 7(380)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 7(380)
Title:
Mussulmans of Mundissoor [Mandsaur]. Jowrah. Central India. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two seated figures in foreground, with two attendants armed with swords standing behind. Presumably photographed at Jaora. 'Of the subject of the Photograph, the two persons in the centre belong to the ordinary military classes [viz. the figures standing behind...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item