Tea plantations, Tea plantations--South Asia--Photographs, Women tea plantation workers, Women tea plantation workers--Portraits
Collection of photographs probably coming from the Popperfoto, one of the UK's oldest and largest independently-owned image libraries founded by... Show moreCollection of photographs probably coming from the Popperfoto, one of the UK's oldest and largest independently-owned image libraries founded by the Czech photo-journalist Paul Popper in 1934, who is also the author of some of the pictures. The collection depicts tea plantations in India, both in Assam and in Darjeeling. Photographs portrait laborers (coolies") in the plantations, especially Muslim women, planting, pruning, and plucking tea. Also, Nepali tea workers, low caste children, and religious holidays celebrated at the plantation. The rest of the collection consists of views of Colombo showing Buddist temples, local shops, the harbor, local wagons, and snake charmers. One picture of local boats alongside a ship in Port Said. Title and date devised by Library staff. Prints format ranging from 6 x 5 cm to 8 x 12 cm. 41 prints are captioned in pencil on the verso, 13 are captioned in white ink on the mount. Hand stamp "Paul Popper Furnival House 14-18 High Holborn, London, W.C.1" on the verso of some prints. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0015 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26114100 BIB-ID: 2745817 Show less
Women, Women--Portraits, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Eunuchs, Children, Household employees, Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Jiddah (Saudi Arabia)
Collection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer... Show moreCollection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer Siegfried Langer, who did extensive research in the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen and whose travel reports made valuable contributions to the study of inscriptions in Southern Arabia. The remaining photographs were taken in Mecca and Jeddah, between 1885 and 1887, by Snouck Hurgronje and by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s). The negatives had handwork applied. Two of the photographs were taken in a courtyard-like space with foliage and pots visible in the background. Title and date from item. Plate no. 25 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXV) and each collotype is titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0025 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23465104 BIB-ID: 2831628 Show less
Photograph album collecting images of El Kantara Gorges, Sahara desert, market and streets of Biskra, date palms, a Moorish cafe, a caravan,... Show morePhotograph album collecting images of El Kantara Gorges, Sahara desert, market and streets of Biskra, date palms, a Moorish cafe, a caravan, irrigation systems and prayers in the desert and two women portraits, one weaving and the other posing in a studio. El Kantara. Les Gorges -- Le Désert du Sahara. Vue prise du Col de Sfa -- Biskra. Le Marché -- Biskra. Rue des Ouled Naïls -- Sahara Algérien. Palmiers Régime de Dattes -- Vieux Biskra. Une Rue -- Sahara Algérien. Un Café Maure -- Sahara Algérien. Caravane du Caïd Ben-Ganah -- Sahara Algérien. La Prière -- Sahara Algérien. Gourbi de Kamès, Femme tissant -- Sahara Algérien. Kattara, Puits à Irrigation aux Zibans -- Sahara Algérien. Femme des Ouled Naïls Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Title gilt-lettered in gold on the red cover. Each photograph - generally 18,5 x 12 cm - has typescript captions on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0220 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24956764 BIB-ID: 2528549 Show less