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41. Photo 515/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(29)
Title:
[Picotta (device for raising water), South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Two men operating a picottah, 'that ancient machine for raising water, which consists of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm...' (Hobson-Jobson). Probably the print listed in the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 515/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(36)
Title:
[Reckla or small bullock cart, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man standing on a cart drawn by a small bullock. The reckla is small two-wheeled carriage consisting of little more than a small platform and seat mounted over the cross-axle. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '75. Reckla (Native...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 515/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(3)
Title:
[Studio portrait of a South Indian family, Madras district.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full length standing portrait of a man and a woman with a child at their feet. The woman holds a saucepan and the man a sitar-like instrument. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 515/1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(32)
Title:
[A group of schoolgirls with their teacher, South India.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio group portrait with teacher seated in centre. Probably the print listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue as '134. A group of school girls'. Subjects = education; schoolchildren; schools
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 515/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(38)
Title:
[Portrait of a young (?)Tamil girl, Ceylon.] Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Tamils Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 515/2(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/2(10)
Title:
[Unidentified European dressed as a Tibetan Lama, probably in Madras.] Photographer: Ahrlé, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length studio portrait, on 'Boudoir' size mount. Subjects = fancy dress
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 515/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(7)
Title:
[View of the waterfront, Madras.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 515/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(15)
Title:
[Woodland stream, probably at Kodaikanal.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a small waterfall. Print unsigned, but probably by Nicholas & Co., and possibly the print listed in the firm's catalogue (copy at Photo 745) as '16. Silver Cascade from down stream'. Subjects = river scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 515/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/1(16)
Title:
[Eagle's Crag, Kodaikanal.] Photographer: Nicholas and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Duplicate of Photo 355/1 (8). Print unsigned, but probably the view listed in the Nicholas & Co. catalogue (copy at Photo 745) as '29. The Eagle's Crag'. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 515/2(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 515/2(14)
Title:
[(?)Indian students posed in front of the Calcutta School of Art.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; education; European architecture in India; schools; unidentified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item