People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations, with Descriptive Letterpress of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, Volume Three
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 Three
1868
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 13 1/4 × 10 × 1 3/4 in. (33.7 × 25.4 × 4.4 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1993.1535.0001-0063
DescriptionBook containing 63 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 spine.
Inscriptions Painted in white on front cover, TRC: 1868
Debossed in gold in spine, T: THE \ PEOPLE \ OF \ INDIA \ VOL.III
Debossed in gold in spine, T: THE \ PEOPLE \ OF \ INDIA \ VOL.III
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