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651. Photo 1224/2(185)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(185)
Title:
Bhots natives of Ladak [sic, for Tibetan group]. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Portrait group of men and women, posed against a cloth backdrop. One of the woman is posed with her back to the camera to show details of dress and hairstyle. A lama seated on the left of the group. This appears to be no. 1132B in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue, 'Group of Thibetians.' Another...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

652. Photo 1224/2(196)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(196)
Title:
[Studio portrait of Charles James Lucas.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of Charles James Lucas (1853-1928), the compiler of this album, in travelling gear and wearing a turban, holding a rifle and walking pole. This portrait was clearly made during the same session as the Bourne and Shepherd cabinet portrait at Photo 1224/8(1), which is d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
30 Dec 1878
Extent:
1 item

653. Photo 1224/3(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(4)
Title:
Hong Kong. City Hall, Cathedral and Cricket Ground. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Hong Kong was visited by the compiler of this album 3-8 March 1879. View looking across the cricket ground towards City Hall and St. John's Cathedral.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

654. Photo 1224/4(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(77)
Title:
Gambogia [Cambodia]. [A woman from the King's Harem]. Photographer: Émile Gsell
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated studio portrait of a woman wearing traditional dress, with a vase and toiletry items in front of her. A similar portrait attributed to Gsell and identified as a woman from the King's harem is reproduced in Des Photographes en Indochine Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchine, Cambodge et L...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866-1879
Extent:
1 item

655. Photo 1224/2(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(25)
Title:
Agra. The Taj. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Visited by the compiler of this album between 4th and 8th March 1878. Print unsigned, but probably by Samuel Bourne. View of the Great Gateway, which forms the main entrance to the Taj Mahal.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1865
Extent:
1 item

656. Photo 1224/2(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(50)
Title:
Muttra [Mathura]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Visited by the compiler of this album between 11th and 13th March, 1878. Print unsigned, but probably by Samuel Bourne and probably the image listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'Muttra, from the opposite bank, with Bridge of Boats.' View looking across the Yamuna, with bullock carts ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1865
Extent:
1 item

657. Photo 1224/2(110)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(110)
Title:
Maharajah of Kashmir. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of Ranbir Singh, Maharaja of Kashmir, seen here holding a sword and seated with a footstool in front of him.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

658. Photo 1224/2(149)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(149)
Title:
Kashmir nautch girls. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Numbered 606 in the negative. Kashmir was visited by the compiler of this album between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Showing dancing girls performing before an audience of men in the verandah of a pavilion in the Shalimar Gardens at Srinagar. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'A N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1865
Extent:
1 item

659. Photo 1224/2(186)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(186)
Title:
Llama Priest. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of a Tibetan lama, holding prayer beads, posed against a cloth backdrop and leaning against a stand draped with textiles. This appears to be no. 1132A in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue, 'A Thibetian Llama from Lassa.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

660. Photo 1224/4(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(39)
Title:
Batavian Dancing Girl. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio group portrait of a woman in costume, with musicians seated around her. This particular group played wayang topeng, one of the traditional varieties of Javanese theatre, in which the players performed roles while wearing topeng or masks made out of wood. Such groups usually d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1872
Extent:
1 item