Monday, February 14, 2011

Photographer: Chintamon, Hurrichund--Date: 1867--the figure seated on the left is Dr Bhau Dajee




Posed group of six figures taken by Hurrichund Chintamon c. 1867, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. This photograph was shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. The European on the left is identified simply as 'A German', three other figures as 'Parsees', the figure seated on the left as Dr Bhau Dajee, and the figure seated on the right, as 'Shenoy' (?). Parsees are descendants of the Persian followers of Zoroaster who fled to India in the seventh and eighth centuries to escape Muslim persecution.




Source: ebay


Nov 23, 2010

Two Sadhus - Bombay (Mumbai) - 1891


Source: http://collections.vam.ac.uk


Elphinstone College, Byculla - Bombay (Mumbai) - 19th Century Photograph


Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole Plate Albumen Print from Wet Collodion Glass Negative
Maker: Francis Frith
Source: http://collections.vam.ac.uk


Entrance to Victoria Gardens, Byculla - Bombay (Mumbai) - 19th Century Photograph


Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole Plate Albumen Print from Wet Collodion Glass Negative
Maker: Francis Frith
Source: http://collections.vam.ac.uk


Prince Consort Statue, Byculla Museum - Bombay (Mumbai) - 19th Century Photograph


Date: Between 1850s to 1870s
Whole Plate Albumen Print from Wet Collodion Glass Negative
Maker: Francis Frith













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