How were Brahmin and Lama differentiated? Who was considered a Thugga? What can you learn about the religious and working practices of groups as you transcribe this volume? Explore the ethnologic study "The People of India" as you transcribe photos and plates detailing Indian occupations including friars, beggars, and tribal leaders.
How were Brahmin and Lama differentiated? Who was considered a Thugga? What can you learn about the religious and working practices of groups as you transcribe this volume? Explore the ethnologic study "The People of India" as you transcribe photos and plates detailing Indian occupations including friars, beggars, and tribal leaders.
What do you know about the people of India and surrounding regions in the nineteenth century? The ethnologic study "The People of India" comprises photographs made by British photographers in India and detailed histories of these groups. The collection documents the caste and culture groups of India for a British India Office multi-volume publication.
The volumes of this collection provide insight into the development of photography as a tool of science and an instrument of art. Photographers represented include J.C.A. Dannenberg, R.H. DeMontmorency, E. Godfrey, W.W. Hooper, H.C. McDonald, J. Mulheran, G. Richter, Shepherd & Robertson (later as Bourne & Shepherd), B. Simpson, B.W. Switzer, H.C.B. Tanner, C.C. Taylor, and J. Waterhouse. The final collection was gathered by John Forbes Watson (1827-1892), director of the India Office's India Museum and keeper of the museum from 1867-1879, and John William Kaye (1814-1876) the secretary of the India Office's Political and Secret Department.
Please note that some language in this collection may be culturally insensitive or offensive to some viewers. It is presented as it exists in the original document for the benefit of research. The material reflects the culture and context in which it was created and not the views of the Smithsonian Institution.
As you transcribe this third volume, you'll help open this set of images for further research and let others learn about daguerreotypes from Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
