People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations, with Descriptive Letterpress of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, Volume Four
Bound volume
John Forbes Watson
Scottish, 1827–1892
John William Kaye
British, 1814–1876
People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations, with Descriptive Letterpress of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, Volume Four
1869
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 13 7/16 × 10 5/8 × 1 9/16 in. (34.1 × 27 × 4 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1950.0006.0029
DescriptionBook containing 51 albumen silver prints depicting Indian citizens. Book was prepared under the authority of the government of India and published by Wm. H. Allen and Co, publishers to the India Office. Photographs are accompanied by captions and descriptive text. Cover is bound in red cloth and contains black and gold decorative elements. The tile is debossed in gold on the cover and spine. Pages are loose from binding,
Inscriptions Painted in white on front cover, TRC: 1869
Debossed in gold on front cover, C: THE PEOPLE \ OF INDIA
Debossed in gold in spine, T: THE \ PEOPLE \ OF \ INDIA \ VOL.IV.
Inscribed in black ink inside front cover, TLC: JE Brad \ Oct 9th \ 1869
Inscribed in pencil inside front cover, C: O. XI. 78.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) inside back cover, TRC: Korach LA \ 6/1949 \ Boyer \ IE. 00 rs
Debossed in gold on front cover, C: THE PEOPLE \ OF INDIA
Debossed in gold in spine, T: THE \ PEOPLE \ OF \ INDIA \ VOL.IV.
Inscribed in black ink inside front cover, TLC: JE Brad \ Oct 9th \ 1869
Inscribed in pencil inside front cover, C: O. XI. 78.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) inside back cover, TRC: Korach LA \ 6/1949 \ Boyer \ IE. 00 rs
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