Caption

Portrait of an unknown man from the Bhogta community of Chota Nagpur in eastern India, photograph, page, number: '(23)', inscription: 'BHOGTA., ABORIGINAL., CHOTA NAGPOOR.', photographer: Benjamin Simpson (possibly), Chota Nagpur, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, Jharkhand, paper, albumen print, height 160 mm x width 120 mm, human races, peoples, nationalities, head-gear: cap, Oval-framed sepia portrait of a man shown from the chest upward, wearing a rounded cap and a dark garment with a lighter decorative trim forming a looped shape and tied at the front, the man looking slightly to his left with a mustache and short curly hair visible at the ear, the image set against a pale background with a rectangular panel below the portrait.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_424

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.3Mb (5.1Mb) / 10.9in x 17.2in / 3274 x 5153 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait unknown man Bhogta community Chota Nagpur eastern India photograph page number 23 inscription Bhogta Aboriginal Chota Nagpoor photographer Benjamin Simpson c 1858 - 1868 Jharkhand paper albumen print height 160 mm x width 120 mm human races peoples nationalities head-gear cap Oval-framed sepia portrait man shown chest upward wearing rounded cap dark garment lighter decorative trim forming looped shape tied front man looking slightly left mustache short curly hair visible ear image set pale background rectangular panel portrait