Caption

Portrait of an unknown man carrying branches from the Bhoksa community of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, photograph, page, inscription: 'BOOKSA., PROBABLY ABORIGINAL., MORADABAD.', number: '(108)', Moradabad, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, photographer, North India, paper, albumen print, height 119 mm x width 96 mm, human races, peoples, nationalities, An oval sepia photograph of a person standing and facing the camera while balancing a large bundle of straw or grass on their head, wearing a patterned long-sleeved top and a light cloth wrapped around the waist, with a cloth wrapped around the head and arms raised to steady the bundle, set against a pale background and mounted above a rectangular label area.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_478

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.0Mb (5.9Mb) / 10.8in x 17.2in / 3245 x 5167 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait unknown man carrying branches Bhoksa community Moradabad Uttar Pradesh India photograph page inscription Booksa Aboriginal number 108 c 1858 - 1868 photographer North India paper albumen print height 119 mm x width 96 mm human races peoples nationalities oval sepia photograph person standing facing camera balancing large bundle straw grass head wearing patterned long-sleeved top light cloth wrapped waist cloth wrapped arms raised steady bundle set pale background mounted rectangular label area