Photographer: Francis Frith & Co. (1865 - 1893) (4), Edward Taurines (active 1885 - 1902) (2), T.A. Rust (1841 - 1904) (2), and Wiele & Klein (active in Madras 1883 - circa 1910) (7) unknown. Portraits of Indian types. 1890s. 16 albumen prints. Various sizes between circa 15 x 10 cm and 24 x 18 cm. Some mounted to board, some unmounted, some annotated on the verso. These intriguing portraits include an ascetic during Kumbh Mela, a warrior, a snake charmer, a group of fakirs, a Brahmin during a Puja ceremony, a Shiva ascetic, body piercing for hook suspension and many others. – A few faded/time-stained in edges, some handling marks, otherwise most in good condition. Lit.: Joachim K. Bautze. "Wiele & Kein, Madras" in: Indo-Asiatische Zeitschrift 12, Berlin 2008, pp. 89-103.
Photographer: Francis Frith & Co. (1865 - 1893) (4), Edward Taurines (active 1885 - 1902) (2), T.A. Rust (1841 - 1904) (2), and Wiele & Klein (active in Madras 1883 - circa 1910) (7) unknown. Portraits of Indian types. 1890s. 16 albumen prints. Various sizes between circa 15 x 10 cm and 24 x 18 cm. Some mounted to board, some unmounted, some annotated on the verso. These intriguing portraits include an ascetic during Kumbh Mela, a warrior, a snake charmer, a group of fakirs, a Brahmin during a Puja ceremony, a Shiva ascetic, body piercing for hook suspension and many others. – A few faded/time-stained in edges, some handling marks, otherwise most in good condition. Lit.: Joachim K. Bautze. "Wiele & Kein, Madras" in: Indo-Asiatische Zeitschrift 12, Berlin 2008, pp. 89-103.
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