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'The People of India' (8 vols, London, 1868-75).

Catalogue reference: Photo 972

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Photo 972
Title
'The People of India' (8 vols, London, 1868-75).
Date
1860s
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972/1 Prints 1-55 Racial types from Bhagalpur, Bihar, Chota Nagpur, Assam. The majority by Dr Benjamin Simpson. 972/2 Prints 56-110 Racial types frpm Darjiling, Nepal, Oudh, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Gorakhpur, Allahabad. Moradabad. 972/3 Prints 111-173 Racial types from Shahjehanpur, Bareilly, Allyghur, Meerut, Saharanpur, Dehra Dun. 972/4 Prints 174-226 Racial types from Kumaon Hissar, Delhi, Shimla, Kangra, Firozpur, Lahore. The Delhi photographs by Shepherd & Robertson. 972/5 Prints 227-277 Racial types from Lahore, Hazara, Kohat, Kabul, Kandahar, Multan. 972/6 Prints 278-340 Racial types from Sindh, photographed by Captains Tanner and Houghton. 972/7 Prints 341-405 Racial types from Rajasthan, Bharatpur, Central India (Sagar, Jabalpur, Narsimhapur, Mandleshwar, Jhabua, Indore, Jaora, Bhopal, Mandhata, Ratla, Sardarpur, Sitamau, Sailana, Dhar, Maheshwar), Berar District. Photographs by E.C. Impey, Shepherd & Robertson, James Waterhouse, James Mulheran. 972/8 Prints 406-468 Racial types from Mysore, Kodagu (Coorg), Nilgiris, Chingleput, Madras, Ernakulam (Travancore), Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Burma. Coorg photographs by the Rev. G. Richter. Process = Albumen prints.

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'The People of India' (8 vols, London, 1868-75).