John Forbes Watson & John William Kay
The People of India, 1868-1875

A group of loose albumen prints (29), from Volume II of The People of India: a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan. [John Forbes Watson & John William Kay, London: India Museum, 1868-1875]. Oval and arch-topped albumen prints mounted to album pages, each measuring 13.3 x8.5cm (smallest) to 18.5 x20.5cm (largest), pages measuring 33.5 x 24.5mm, each with printed caption label below, many with accompanying loose text pages.

Comprising Plates 91: Bhat, Wandering Minstrel, Benares; 102: Dureeahon, Hindoo from Bundelcund, Allahabad; 101: Ushruf Ali Khan, Shiah Mahomedan, of Afghan Descent, Allahabad; 57: Meech Group, Trans-Himalayan Origin, Darjeeling; 93: Ghauteea, Hindoo Friar, Benares; 90: Maharajah of Benares, Hindoo, Benares; 96: Bhur, Aboriginal Tribe, Benares District; 95: Dundee, Hindoo Devotee, Benares; 94: Aghoree, Hindoo Mendicant, Benares; 105: Kesarah Nutni, Low Caste Hindoo, Allahabad; 100: Ram Persad, Hindoo Tradesman, Allahabad; 99: Koerees, Low Caste Tribe, Goruckpoor; 80: Chohans, Rajpoot Tribe, Hindoos, Oude; 83: Gurgbunsees, Rajpoot Tribe, Hindoos, Oude; 89: Mohunts of Hunoomangurhee, Hindoo, Oude; 108: Booksa, Aboriginal, Moradabad; 106: Khate Bishnoi, Hindoo Mechanic, Moradabad; 86: Pasees, Low Caste Hindoos, Oude; 110: Gwal Nut, Hindoo Nut Tribe, Moradabad; 5: Mullicks, Soone Mahomedans, Behar; 8: Dosadh, Low Caste Hindoo, Behar; 10: Rajbansi, Aboriginal, Now Hindoos, Behar; among others.

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