Indian Collection (page 111)

The elephant
An Indian elephant in profile

Indian child gymnast atop a long pole
A tiny Indian child Gymnast rather precariously held aloft by a long pole!

India, Jaipur - the Hawa Mahal
Hawa Mahal, a palace in Jaipur, India. It was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, and designed by Lal Chand Usta in the form of the crown of Krishna, the Hindu god

Queen Victoria photographed with the Battenbergs at Windsor
Mealtime at Windsor in 1895: Queen Victoria sits at the dining table with Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg and three of their four children - Leopold (left, on the booster cushion)

Jardin D Acclimatation - Bois de Boulogne in Paris
The French set up the Jardin D Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris and brought in examples of native material culture and traditional costume

Selling Indian corn on the streets of Cape Coast Castle, 187
Natives selling Indian corn in the streets of Cape Coast Castle, headquarters of the British on the Gold Coast. This was sketched during the 2nd Ashantee War (1873-74)

Children have fun dressing up
Three children (two girls and a boy) dressed up as a fairy queen, a red indian and a nurse. Ink drawing with watercolour washes by Malcolm Greensmith

Red Indian pair at Earls Court
Mr and Mrs Spotted Weasel - Sioux Indians taking part in the Red Man Spectacle at Earls Court, London

Manure Dryers / Collectors - Madras, India
Indian manure collectors and dryers. The manure was collected off the streets, worked into brickettes, dried in the sun and then sold for fuel in place of wood and coal to the local populace

Indian Hindu Fakir
A superb photograph (on a postcard) of a Hindu Indian Fakir with immensely long hair

A sweeper - India
A sweeper calls. Indian man wearing turban carrying traditional basket and hand broom

Percival Market, Gujarat, India
The fabulous ironwork entrance to the Percival Market in Gujurat, India. A fusion of British colonial and Asiatic architectural styling

The Legislative Council of India, c. 1910
Photograph showing the Legislative Council of the Indian Governor-General, 1910. Lord Minto is pictured in the chair at centre

A cook of the Indian expeditionary force at the front

A Black Outlook
Two Sikh soldiers, with bayonets fixed, wait to ambush a German Uhlan on horseback. Apart from the terrible pun of the title, the Indian divisions fighting with the Allies were greatly respected

Basra Captured Wwi
The Union Jack flag is hoisted in Basra, Mesopotamia, after its capture by Anglo-Indian forces on November 21, 1915

On duty with the allies in France: Indian Infantry taking cover while attacking

Indian machine gunners mobilize
Indian troops taking their maxim machine guns to the firing line in world war one

Indian Observatory from the Medieval period, with the title Bramins Observatory

Swearing In Indian Recruits to the British Army, 1878
Engraving showing the swearing in of an Indian recruit to the British Army, on a parade ground in the sub-continent, 1878

Ram Gopal (1917-2003) Indian ballet dancer

Indian Elephants belonging to the Rajah of Puttiala, 1884
Engraving showing two male Indian elephants belonging to the Rajah of Puttiala, 1884. The elephant in the foreground was the cause of a Great Elephant Controversy that year

The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. The Verandah
Engraving of verandah on grand Indian estate where gold has been found. Three servants in turbans are waiting on their master, one servant is leading a horse to the master

Indian cavalry preparing to charge
A line of Indian cavalrymen, armed with bamboo lances, are pictured preparing to charge German positions in the French woods of Foureaux

An Indian artillery battery crossing a river
An Indian artillery batterys team of mules are shown tethered to a line, being led across a river, September 1916

Snake Charmers
Three Indian snake charmers with four snakes in baskets, one of them holding a fifth. Date: 1801

Indian Drinking Party
A drinking party - five revellers enjoy a partie de campagne

Shah Jahan I and Court
SHAH JAHAN I depicted offering a seat to Dara Shikoh

Hells Gate Canyon, Fraser River, 1882
Rocky canyon and river scene with the ruins of native American Indian buildings on the river bank, 1882

American Indians. Pawnees looking out for the enemy. From a
Pawnee Indian standing on his horse, looking out for the enemy; either the Blackfoot or Comanches

American Indians. The Sugar Camp
American Indian camp, where Passamaquoddy Indians have been tapping trees, boiling maple syrup and trapping furs during the Winter months

Indian Immigrants at Vancouver Docks, Canada, 1907
Photograph showing a group of Hindu Indians arriving in Canada, with the docks in the background, Vancouver, 1907. This group disembarked from the steamer Monteagle

Racing Indian Ponies; North American Frontier town, c. 1880
Engraving showing two men whipping and racing their ponies, c.1880. This scene shows a typical event on a Sunday afternoon in a frontier town in Western America

Hotel Office in a frontier town, North America, 1880
Engraving showing the scene in a hotel in a frontier town, with Indian trophies, moccasins, penants, belts and a moose head on the wall

American Indians. Iroquois Chief
The Iroqois, or Mohawks, are an Indian tribe of North America, formerly known also under the name of Mengwe, or six nations, inhabiting the country between Montreal and Lake Ontario

Stouts Gulch, Williams Creek, British Columbia, 1882
Illustration showing the native American Indian houses in Stouts Gulch, British Columbia, 1882

Transatlantic Sketches, Iowa Prairie
Atmospheric engraving of American Indian standing in his canoe in the reeds watching the river at the horizon

Transatlantic Sketches. Sandy Lake, Minnesota
Scene showing the Missippi River and its indigenous American Indian population who grow wild rice and hunt waterfowl in the region

American Indians. The threatened rising of American Indians
Group of American Indians in a mixture of traditional and European dress, boy in foreground holding a bow and arrow, on the right the Chief in feathered head dress holding a rifle

Mr. Mountpassin, Tuscarora American Indian Chief
Tuscarora American Indian Chief, Mr. Mountpassin. The Chief is depicted as a model American citizen, with a modern European shirt and tie, smart jacket and short hair

The Pow-Wow at Black Feet Crossing, September 1881
Illustration showing the Marquis of Lorne and his British officers addressing a group of native American Indian chiefs, Black Feet Crossing, 10th September 1881

American Indians. The peaceful extincion oif the red indian
In all their war paint, Chiefs of the vanishing Sioux tribe. The Sioux were originally the principle tribe in Dakota. By 1851 they had lost nearly all of their land

Apache native American Indians, c. 1887
Portraits of two Apache native American Indian braves. This image was made during the last war between the Apache native American Indians and the United States Army in Southern Arizona

Native American Indian Encampment by the Fraser River, 1882
Illustration showing the wooden shacks and canoes of a native American Indian encampment by the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada, 1882

American Indians. The Indian Wars In the United States. The
Sitting Bull is seen here in Saskatchewan, Canada, where he escaped with his Sioux people beyond the range of the US army in 1877

An Afghan guard passing through the desert during the Afghan
The Afghan revolt: rebellion of the Shinwari tribe. An Afghan guard on the photographers car passing through the Bandits Hills

American Indians. In the western states of America. Barterin
Interior scne of a store hung with animal hides, an Indian behind the counter and a European with three rifles in front

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