Praying boy and a girl with a book behind a desk from Chota Nagpur in eastern India, photograph, page, The missionary's work resulted in the conversion of the tribal population to Christianity., number: '(19)', inscription: 'COLE CHRISTIANS., ABORIGINAL., CHOTA NAGPOOR.', photographer: Benjamin Simpson (possibly), Chota Nagpur, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, Benjamin Simpson, photographer, Jharkhand, paper, albumen print, height 175 mm x width 130 mm, one person praying, human races, peoples, nationalities, An oval-framed sepia photograph shows two young people standing at a small round table with an open book; the person on the left is shorter, looking downward with hands held together near the book, wearing a long-sleeved light top and a skirt, with short hair; the person on the right is taller, standing upright with one hand resting on the book and the other near the table, wearing a short-sleeved light top and a long skirt, with hair pulled back and a composed facial expression; the ...
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Praying boy and a girl with a book behind a desk from Chota Nagpur in eastern India, photograph, page, The missionary's work resulted in the conversion of the tribal population to Christianity., number: '(19)', inscription: 'COLE CHRISTIANS., ABORIGINAL., CHOTA NAGPOOR.', photographer: Benjamin Simpson (possibly), Chota Nagpur, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, Benjamin Simpson, photographer, Jharkhand, paper, albumen print, height 175 mm x width 130 mm, one person praying, human races, peoples, nationalities, An oval-framed sepia photograph shows two young people standing at a small round table with an open book; the person on the left is shorter, looking downward with hands held together near the book, wearing a long-sleeved light top and a skirt, with short hair; the person on the right is taller, standing upright with one hand resting on the book and the other near the table, wearing a short-sleeved light top and a long skirt, with hair pulled back and a composed facial expression; the background inside the oval is plain and pale, and the image is mounted on a light-colored page with a rectangular label area visible below the oval.

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Praying boy girl book desk Chota Nagpur eastern India photograph page missionary's work resulted conversion tribal population Christianity number 19 inscription Cole Christians Aboriginal Chota Nagpoor photographer Benjamin Simpson c 1858 - 1868 Jharkhand paper albumen print height 175 mm x width 130 mm person praying human races peoples nationalities oval-framed sepia photograph two young people standing small round table open book person left shorter looking downward hands held together near wearing long-sleeved light top skirt short hair right taller standing upright hand resting near table short-sleeved light top long skirt hair pulled back composed facial expression background inside oval plain pale image mounted light-colored page rectangular label area visible oval

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