The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 23
Class XIV. — Photographic Apparatus and Photography
Class XIV.
Photographic Apparatus and Photography.
Photographs of articles of Indian manufacture in the Indian Museum, London. Photographed under the direction of the Reporter on the products of India, by William Griggs, India Museum.
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A Frame containing:— Photograph of Hindu Temple, Benares, N.W. Provinces. This model, carved in sandalwood, and mounted in silver, was presented to the Indian Department of the Exhibition of 1862, by H. H. the Rajah Deonarain Sing, one of those native noblemen whose loyalty during the mutiny of 1857 received the marked recognition of the Imperial Government. Photograph of Minaret, carved in blackwood, from Ahmedabad, Bombay. Photograph of a Mahomedan Pulpit in the Mosque of Mahafiz Khan, Ahmedabad, Bombay. This mosque was built in the reign of Mahomed Begarha (in the latter half of the 15th century), by Vazir Jamálúd-deen. The entrance to the temple is mean, and the court yard is paved with sandstone, but the coup'd'œil of the mosque is magnificent. This is the only masjid in Ahmedabad unimpaired by time and uninjured by man. |
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756. |
A Frame containing:— Two Photographs, one of a Glove Box, and another of the lid of the same, carved in sandalwood, Mysore, Madras. Photograph of a Card Tray, carved in wood, foliage pattern, Seharunpore, N.W. Provinces. Photograph of a Carving in Ivory, Berhampore. Hindu mythological subject, representing the goddess Durga and the lion; Rama with attendants; Ganesa, the god of wisdom; Saraswati, wife of Brahma, &c. |
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757. |
A frame containing:— Photograph of Flower Vase, elaborately carved in blackwood, Madras, page 43Photograph of Teacaddy and Stand, richly carved in black-wood, Madras. Photograph of large oval Screen, carved in ebony, Madras. Photograph of a Prie-dieu Chair, carved in ebony, Bombay. The Madras and Bombay carvings in wood are remarkable for boldness in design and execution. The employment of native skill in the ornamentation of European articles of furniture was largely illustrated at the Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862, on which occasions every native exhibitor received an award from the juries. |
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758. |
One Frame of Photographs, viz.:— Two Specimens of Carving in Soapstone, from Agra, N.W. Provinces. Mosaic Work. A Chess Table Top, of Marble, inlaid with carnelians in colours, lapis lazuli, &c. Agra, N.W. Provinces. Four Specimens of Painted Pottery. No. 1, from Patna, Bengal. No. 2, 3, from Amroha, N.W. Provinces. No. 4, from Kotah. Patna and Amroha are both celebrated for the production of pottery. In the report furnished with specimens of this manufacture from the last-named locality to the Exhibition of 1862, it is stated that the clay used is of a peculiar and very superior quality; and articles of use and ornament made from this material are greatly in demand, principally by Mahomedans, in the N.W. Provinces. At Amroha alone about 300,000 articles are annually manufactured, at an average of 1 rupee (2 shillings) per hundred. |
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759. |
One Frame containing:— Three Photographs. Front, back, and end views of a Cabinet of sandalwood, elaborately carved. Mysore, Madras. |
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760. |
One Frame of Photographs, viz.:— Portfolio of Inlaid Work, and Glove Box of carved sandalwood, with inlaid edges. Bombay. Glove Box of carved ivory and inlaid work. Bombay. Glove Box and Card Basket, of porcupine quills. Vizagapatam, Madras. Card Basket of ivory and sandalwood. Bombay. Inlaid Work. page 44This kind of work is slated to have been originally introduced from Persia into Scind, and thence to Bombay, where there are at the present time about fifty manufacturers. The materials employed are thin slips or rods of ivory, tin, sappan wood, ebony, and dyed horn. These, arranged so as to form the different patterns, are bound together in lengths, from the ends of which sections are cut off as required. |
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761. |
One frame containing 2 Photographs, viz.:— Arms and Armour (Nos. 1 to 15).
Agricultural Implements:—
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Photographic Portraits of Natives of India.
These Photographs have boon selected from an extensive series (upwards of 800 different subjects), the originals of which were taken in various parts of India, by order of Government. The whole are now in the course of reproduction at the India Museum, with a view to their publication.
762. | One Frame, containing the following Photographic Portraits, &c.:—
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763. | A Frame containing the following Photographic Portraits, viz.:—
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764. | A Frame containing the following Photographic Portraits, &c.:—
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765. | A Frame containing the following Photographic Portraits, &c., viz.:—
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* Inlaid with gold.