NEWAR OR NIWAR. SLAVE POPULATION, SUPPOSED ABORIGINAL, NIPAL. No. 72, Oval albumen print from a wet collodion glass negative, image size, 163 x 125mm, mounted onto contemporary paper support, 332 x 243mm, with typed letterpress title in margin

***The project was begun on the request of Lord Canning, Governor-General of India, initially as a souvenir of his time on the subcontinent. The officers of the British Army were instructed to go out and photograph "interesting subjects," and the results proved so extensive that a decision was made to publish them in the present format. The known contributing photographers were: J.C.A. Dannenberg; Lieut. R.H. De Montmorency; Rev. E. Godfrey; Lieut. W.W. Hooper; Major Houghton; Capt. H.C. McDonald; J. Mulheran; Capt Oakes; Rev. G. Richter; Shepherd and Robertson; Dr B. Simpson; Dr B.W. Switzer; Capt H.C.B. Tanner; Capt. C.C. Taylor; Lieut. J. Waterhouse.