The Indian Amateur's Photographic Album, No. 23

The Indian Amateur's Photographic Album, No. 23

Bound volume

William Johnson

British, active India 1840s–1860s

William Henderson

British, active India, 1840s–1860s

The Indian Amateur's Photographic Album, No. 23

From the album The Indian Amateur's Photographic Album


September 1858
Paper
Paper: 16 9/16 × 11 7/16 in. (42.1 × 29 cm)
Overall: 20 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (52.7 × 34.4 cm)
Purchase
1979.0065.0140
Inscriptions Printed on applied sheet on leaf, OA: No. 23.] [SEPTEMBER 1858. \ The Indian Amateur's Photographic \ Album. \ BASSEIN. \ No. 4 - THE HINDOO TEMPLE OF MAHDEO. \ The only building in Bassein in preservation, is the Hindoo Temple of Mahdeo, represented in the picture. The Temple \ [see image for full text] \ COSTUMES AND CHARACTERS OF WESTERN INDIA. \ No. 19. - MEHTAS, OR NATIVE WRITERS. \ The picture represents simply a group of Native Accountants, the central figure rehearsing entries to the writer \ [see image for full text] \ AHMEDABAD. \ No. 3. - THE SLUICE GATES OF THE HOZA KUTBE OR KANKRYA TALAO. \ Photographed by H. D. Rae, Esq. \ The following is taken from Briggs's "Cities of Gujarashtra": - "Muhammad Ali Khan, the author of Mirat Ahmedi, \ [see image for full text]

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