Title(s)

The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan Volume eight (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1122H

Artist

• Philip Meadows Taylor (mentioned on object)
• publisher: W.H. Allen and Co. (mentioned on object)
• J. Forbes Watson (mentioned on object)
• John William Kaye (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1875

Material

• linen (material)
• cardboard
• paper
• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 343 mm × width 250 mm × thickness 30 mm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• Portrait of Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, the Maharaja of Mysore on his throne, Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-1)
• Portrait of Krishnaraj Wadiyar III, the Maharaja of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-2)
• Portrait of an unknown boy from the military class in Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-3)
• Portrait of an unknown priest from the Vaishnav Brahmin community of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-4)
• Portrait of an unknown priest from the Vaishnav Brahmin community of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-5)
• Portrait of an unknown priest from the Smarta Brahmin community seated at a low writing table, Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-6)
• Portrait of an unknown priest from the Smarta Brahmin community of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-7)
• Portrait of an unknown priest from the Smarta Brahmin community of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-8)
• Portrait of an unknown priest from the Smarta Brahmin community of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-9)
• Portrait of an unknown Islamic judge (kazi) from Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-10)
• Portrait of Khadir Khan of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-11)
• Portrait of an unknown man from the Kunbi community with ceremonial clothes, Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-12)
• Portrait of an unknown man from the Uppara community of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-13)
• Portrait of an unknown man from the Gawli community of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-14)
• Portrait of an unknown woman from the Lambani tribe of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-15)
• Portrait of an unknown man from the Lingayat community of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-16)
• Portrait of an unknown man from the Lingayat community of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-17)
• Portrait of an unknown man from the Mochi community (cobbler) of Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-18)
• Portrait of an unknown man from the Korama community with a rope used to make a basket or a mat, Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-19)
• Portrait of three people from the Kodava community of Kodagu. Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-20)
• Group portrat of a family from the Kodava community of Kodagu, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-21)
• Portrait of an unknown mother and daughter from the Kodava community of Kodagu, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-22)
• Portrait of Meder and his wife, cultivators from the Hegde community of Kodagu, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-23)
• Portrait of an unknown man and woman from the Holeya community of Kodagu, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-24)
• Portrait of Madeo and Kali, siblings from the Kurumba tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-25)
• Portrait of two unknown men from the Kurumba tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-26)
• Portrait of two unknown women from the Kurumba tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-27)
• Portrait of two unknown men from the Toda tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-28)
• Portrait of two Toda women from the Toda tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-29)
• Portrait of two unknown men from the Kota tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-30)
• Portrait of two unknown women from the Kota tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-31)
• Portrait of two unknown men from the Irula tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-32)
• Portrait of two unknown women from the Irula tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-33)
• Portrait of two unknown men from the Badaga tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-34)
• Portrait of two unknown women from the Badaga tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-35)
• Portrait of two unknown men from the Yenadi tribe with a pot, knife and sticks, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-36)
• Group portrait of a family from the Yenadi tribe with cooking pots, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-37)
• Vegetable and fruit vendors on a street in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-38)
• Family of grass cutters between bales of grass in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-39)
• Portrait of three unknown tailors at work in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-40)
• View of four carpenters in a workshop in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-41)
• Barber shaving a boy's hair in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-42)
• Three blacksmiths at work in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-43)
• Three gardeners at work in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-44)
• Portrait of three unknown leather workers at work in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-45)
• Portrait of an unknown man and woman from Travancore, India. (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-47)
• Four horsemen sitting on the ground with horse riding attributes in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-46)
• Portrait of an unknown man and woman from the Nadar community of Travancore, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-48)
• Portrait of an unknown man with a stick in his hands, Mysore, Karnataka, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-49)
• Portrait of three unknown men from the Khond tribe of Cuttack, Odisha, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-50)
• Portrait of an unknown man in his warrior clothes from the Khond tribe in Odisha, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-51)
• Portrait of two unknown men in traditional warrior clothes from the Khond tribe in Odisha, India (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-52)
• Portrait of an unknown man and woman from the Jakun tribe of Malacca, Malaysia (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-53)
• Portrait of seven unknown Bawean men with agricultural implements in Singapore (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-54)
• Portrait of seven unknown Bugis in Singapore (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-55)
• Portrait of four unknown Malay women with an attendant behind, Singapore (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-56)
• Portrait of the leader of the Kuki tribe and his daughter, Chittagong, Bangladesh (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-57)
• Portrait of an unknown man from Myanmar (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-58)
• Group portrait of people from Myanmar (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-59)
• Portrait of a man and woman from the Mon tribe of Myanmar (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-60)
• Portrait of an unknown woman from the Karen people of Myanmar (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-61)
• Group portrait of four unknown people from the Karen folk of Myanmar (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-62)
• Portrait of an unknown man from Arakan, Myanmar (RP-F-2001-7-1122H-63)