Gilt armlet and 'Hunto' or gilt necklace, worn by 'Purdeshees' or 'Bhuyas' of Varanasi, Oudh,etc., from Bombay, from the International Exhibition of 1872. Photographer: Unknown
'Pazaib' or silver armlet worn by Muslim women of Upper Sindh, and 'atasia', sham silver anklets worn by Bania and Muslim women of Bombay, from the International Exhibition of 1872. Photographer: Unknown
Non-photographic: watercolour of a Hindu woman illustrating the manner of wearing jewels, painted by Jeru Naidu of Madras and shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
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See Mildred Archer, 'Company Drawings in the India Office Library' (HMSO, London, 1972), p. 20, catalogue reference 5.
Gentoo dancing girls from Madras, displaying jewellery. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of three girls. This is probably one of the series of prints by Nicholas & Curths which was shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.
Nautch girls, Hyderabad. Photographer: Hooper and Western
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two young women, one reclining on a couch, her companion seated beside her; with three arched openings looking onto a courtyard in the background.
Non-photographic: watercolour of an Indian woman wearing hair ornaments and other jewellery, from the International Exhibition of 1872.
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Inscribed in pencil Exh. 1872 Madras. J.J. Fonceca. Copied from original. Peckham 1872. See Patricia Kattenhorn, 'British drawings in the India Office Library' (vol. III, London, 1994), pp. 143-144.