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Indian Collection (page 4)

Background imageIndian Collection: GPO map of Mail Steamship Routes

GPO map of Mail Steamship Routes. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageIndian Collection: Interior of Golden Temple at Amritsar, 1858

Interior of Golden Temple at Amritsar, 1858
Interior of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, India (spelt here as Umritzir), 1858. Gurus reading the Grunt h (or Granth). The Guru is sitting before the Grunt h (sacred text)

Background imageIndian Collection: American Indians scalping

American Indians scalping
American Indian holding up the scalp of a died man, that he has just been in combat with. Date: Circa 1870s

Background imageIndian Collection: Sketch of an elephant, with descriptive notes

Sketch of an elephant, with descriptive notes
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

Background imageIndian Collection: Spotted Red Shank (male) Watercolour Plate 35

Spotted Red Shank (male) Watercolour Plate 35
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

Background imageIndian Collection: Jamaica - Panorama of Mandeville

Jamaica - Panorama of Mandeville
Slide showing a photograph over looking the city of Mandeville. Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica.. Part of Box 108

Background imageIndian Collection: Sikhs of the Indian Army in France during World War I

Sikhs of the Indian Army in France during World War I
Sikhs of the Indian Army on the march in France during World War I. Date: 1914

Background imageIndian Collection: Lady Dufferin, Wife of 8th Viceroy of India

Lady Dufferin, Wife of 8th Viceroy of India
Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Lady Dufferin, 1843-1936), wife of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 8th Viceroy of India

Background imageIndian Collection: Chandni Chowk market, Delhi, India

Chandni Chowk market, Delhi, India
View of Chandni Chowk (meaning moonlit square or market), is one of the oldest and busiest markets in Delhi, India. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageIndian Collection: Mauritius - Pieter Both Mountain

Mauritius - Pieter Both Mountain
Pieter Both - the second highest mountain of Mauritius - named after Pieter Both, the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageIndian Collection: Indian Rice Merchants, Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma)

Indian Rice Merchants, Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma)
Indian Rice Merchants (Lakhmichand Manikchand) in Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma) - note the slightly cheeky bit of advertising by the Insurance Broker in the front row

Background imageIndian Collection: Empire Tea Poster

Empire Tea Poster
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Empire Tea Date: 1927-1933

Background imageIndian Collection: The Native American Indian Buffalo Chase

The Native American Indian Buffalo Chase. Singling Out. Date: ca. 1858

Background imageIndian Collection: India - Shimla - Mayo Orphanage

India - Shimla - Mayo Orphanage. The main building of the college was constructed in 1869 as Himalayan Christian Orphanage

Background imageIndian Collection: The Tomb of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya

The Tomb of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya
Nizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, India. The Well near the Tomb of Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (or Awliya) (12381325) - also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin

Background imageIndian Collection: Street view, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

Street view, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Street view from Kamania Gate, Jabalpur (Jubbulpore), Madhya Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageIndian Collection: Metropole Hotel, Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India

Metropole Hotel, Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India
Aerial view of the Metropole Hotel, Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageIndian Collection: Main Street in Kurseong, Darjeeling district, India

Main Street in Kurseong, Darjeeling district, India
Main Street in Kurseong, a hill station in the Darjeeling district, India, with a narrow gauge railway track running along it. Date: circa 1910

Background imageIndian Collection: Victoria Chambers, Chowringhee, Calcutta, India

Victoria Chambers, Chowringhee, Calcutta, India
Victoria Chambers, Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co Ltd, Department Store, Chowringhee, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1920

Background imageIndian Collection: Meher Baba

Meher Baba (1894-1969) aka Merwins Irani Indian spiritual leader who promised to speak the One Word which would save humanity, but didn t keep his word

Background imageIndian Collection: India - Chimbatti Loop on the Darjeeling Railway

India - Chimbatti Loop on the Darjeeling Railway
Black and white. A tightly looped section of railway with hilly scenery surrounding. There is a building on the outside and on the inside of the loop, and a train is parked on the track

Background imageIndian Collection: Walking Stick / Stick Insect

Walking Stick / Stick Insect (Phasm madagascariensis). Madagascar

Background imageIndian Collection: King George V shooting Tigers in India from a howdah

King George V shooting Tigers in India from a howdah - 1911. Date: 1911

Background imageIndian Collection: Young Native American Indian boy learning to shoot his bow

Young Native American Indian boy learning to shoot his bow and arrow - USA. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageIndian Collection: Kolkata, India - The Howrah Bridge No. 1

Kolkata, India - The Howrah Bridge No. 1
Kolkata (Calcutta), India - The Howrah Bridge No.1 (The Old Pontoon Bridge) which crossed the Hooghly River. Date: circa 1905

Background imageIndian Collection: Delhi Durbar - The Emperors Bodyguard of Indian Princes

Delhi Durbar - The Emperors Bodyguard of Indian Princes
The Emperors Bodyguard of Indian Princes, assembled for the Coronation Durbar held in Delhi in December, 1911 to proclaim the new Emperor and Empress of India, King George V and Queen Mary. Date: 1911

Background imageIndian Collection: Bolivia - La Paz - Aymara Indians

Bolivia - La Paz - Aymara Indians Date: circa 1910s

Background imageIndian Collection: Ficus elastica, Indian rubber tree

Ficus elastica, Indian rubber tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIndian Collection: India, New Delhi: Gate of India

India, New Delhi: Gate of India. Date: 2011

Background imageIndian Collection: Native American Indians do the Snow-Shoe Dance

Native American Indians do the Snow-Shoe Dance

Background imageIndian Collection: A Good Samaritan - Indian Soldier - WWI

A Good Samaritan - Indian Soldier - WWI
A Good Samaritan - Colonial Indian Soldier from Delhi aids a wounded French trooper - WWI. He leads him to the safety of the Allied lines on the back of a Donkey Date: circa 1917

Background imageIndian Collection: A Parsi woman at a fire altar

A Parsi woman at a fire altar
A Parsi (Zoroastrian) Indian woman at a fire altar, worshipping Zoroaster Date: 1906

Background imageIndian Collection: The City Gates, Jabalpur, India

The City Gates, Jabalpur, India
The City Gates, Jabalpur, a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. Date: circa 1920

Background imageIndian Collection: Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore
SIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE Indian writer Date: 1861 - 1941

Background imageIndian Collection: Gandhi, Sonja Schlesin and Hermann Kallenbach

Gandhi, Sonja Schlesin and Hermann Kallenbach
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), Indian independence leader, during his time in South Africa when he was leader of the South African Indians

Background imageIndian Collection: How the elephant crosses a river

How the elephant crosses a river
A man, somewhere in the Asian subcontinent, crosses a river standing on the back of an elephant. The man has rudimentary reins attached to the elephants tusks

Background imageIndian Collection: Subathu, Shimla, India - The Barracks

Subathu, Shimla, India - The Barracks
The Barracks at Subathu, Shimla, originally called Simla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India

Background imageIndian Collection: Mask dancers in Kerala, India

Mask dancers in Kerala, India
Two mask dancers in Cochin, Kerala State, India

Background imageIndian Collection: Annamalaiyar Temple, India

Annamalaiyar Temple, India
Annamalaiyar Temple - a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located at the bottom of the Annamalai hill in Thiruvannamalai town in Tamilnadu, India

Background imageIndian Collection: The oldest house in Kahnawake

The oldest house in Kahnawake
The oldest house in The Kahnawake Mohawk Territory - an Indian reserve on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, across from Montreal - built in 1721

Background imageIndian Collection: Lord Kitchener reviewing Indian Troops - WWI

Lord Kitchener reviewing Indian Troops - WWI
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (1850 - 1916), a British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, reviewing Indian troops - World War one era

Background imageIndian Collection: Poster advertising the Taj Mahal, India

Poster advertising the Taj Mahal, India
Poster advertising India, with a view of the Taj Mahal

Background imageIndian Collection: The Viceroy of India, Lord Willingdon

The Viceroy of India, Lord Willingdon
His Excellency the Viceroy of India, the Earl of Willingdon and Her Excellency the Countess of Willingdon with their pages, (from left to right), Maharaj Kumar Yeshwant Singh of Datia

Background imageIndian Collection: Native American Indian women of the Pawnee Tribe, c. 1873

Native American Indian women of the Pawnee Tribe, c. 1873
Illustration of Pawnee Native American Indian women (squaws) seen inside a wigwam, with a baby in a papoose

Background imageIndian Collection: Pandita Ramabai / Postcard

Pandita Ramabai / Postcard
PANDITA RAMABAI DONGRE MEDHAVI Indian reformer and educator, " Friend of the child widows"

Background imageIndian Collection: Indian Clubs Exercise

Indian Clubs Exercise
A diagram showing how Indian clubs are used in an exercise

Background imageIndian Collection: Thuggee Chief 1843

Thuggee Chief 1843
Chief of the Thugs, captured by Captain Vallancey in Arcot disguised as a travellers escort

Background imageIndian Collection: The ten avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu

The ten avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu
The ten avatars (Incarnations) of the Hindu god Vishnu



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