Caption

Portrait of three unknown hunters from Sindh, Pakistan, with a dead bird and rifles, photograph, page, number: '326.', inscription: 'DAPHERS OR SHIKAREES., HUNTSMEN AND SCAVENGERS., MUSSULMANS., SIND.', photographer: Henry Charles Baskerville Tanner (possibly), Sindh, photographer: William Robert Houghton (possibly), c. 1862 - in or before 1872, paper, albumen print, height 146 mm x width 108 mm, head-gear: turban, hunter, firearms: rifle, human races, peoples, nationalities, A sepia-toned photograph framed with an arched top shows three men wearing turbans and loose traditional garments; one man stands on the left leaning on a long rifle with both hands, his head tilted downward, another man stands on the right facing slightly toward the center wearing a textured fur or feathered wrap over his shoulders and resting an elbow on a horizontal surface, and a third man sits cross-legged on the ground in front of them holding a long firearm across his lap and looking down; the background is plain and the image has a faded, aged appearance.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B04_042

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57.6Mb (9.1Mb) / 11.2in x 19.9in / 3365 x 5983 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait three unknown hunters Sindh Pakistan dead bird rifles photograph page number 326 inscription Daphers Shikarees Huntsmen Scavengers Mussulmans Sind photographer Henry Charles Baskerville Tanner William Robert Houghton c 1862 - 1872 paper albumen print height 146 mm x width 108 mm head-gear turban hunter firearms rifle human races peoples nationalities sepia-toned framed arched top three men wearing turbans loose traditional garments man stands left leaning long rifle hands head tilted downward another man stands right facing slightly center wearing textured fur feathered wrap shoulders resting elbow horizontal surface third man sits cross-legged ground front them holding long firearm across lap looking down background plain image faded aged appearance