[India] Collection of approx. 185 photographic plates

Ca. 1900. All 20 x 15 or 15 x 20 cm. Incl. a.o.: (group) portraits of members of (indigenous) tribes; lively street scenes; views of buildings; and old (archaeologic) monuments and landscapes. All w. no., caption and "Cambridge. Bombay" in the plate.

Fine, extensive collection of (probably helio-engr.) plates, giving a great insight in the culture, people and classes of India, ca. 1900. A few examples: "A Bheel woman"; "The Crawford Market, Bombay¨; "Group of Thakurs or Hill people"; "A fakir or priest mendicant"; "Old Hunainan Street, Bombay"; "The market in Nasik"; "Group of Mahomedans"; "A Boran family"; "Group of Hindu Nautch girls"; "A high castle Brahmin girl"; "Group of fakirs"; "Manure dryers"; "A Gypsy dancing girl"; and "The main street, Baroda". (total approx. 185)