Typical pictures of Indian Natives. By F. M. Coleman
Native Servants of Mumbai.
Category: 19th Century
The Arab horse dealers in India.
Arab horse dealers in India. In like manner to the Cabulis, the Arabs in India are mainly dealers in horses. In Bombay especially numbers of these men are to be… Read More
The Bhisti. Indian Native 19th century
The Bhisti A very useful man is the Bhisti, and, relatively speaking, a hard-working individual. He carries upon his hip the entire skin of a goat, the body and legs… Read More
A Bombay (Mumbai) merchant. The Persians in India.
Many Persian families who have settled permanently in India and to some extent have adopted the dress of their new compatriots.
Greek woman of the 19th century. Femme Grecque.
Femme Grecque. Modes et Costumes Historiques par Xavier Willemin.
A Jewish priest from Bagdad. The Sassoon family in India.
There are a considerable number of Jews in Bombay, and the richest family in all India, The Sassoon, are Bagdad Jews.
Représentation romantique en costume d’une paysanne italienne.
Romantic costume depiction of an Italian peasant woman. Costumes historiques par Achille Devéria
Persian female. Historical city or theatre costumes.
Costumes historiques de ville ou de théatre et travestissements.
A Parsee Lady in walking costume with the mathabana over the hair.
In the walking costume, however, the sari, or outside garment, is passed round the shoulders and over the top of the head, so that the mathabana is unobserved, and the tout ensemble is then very graceful.
Brahman Lady. Indian women who wear the most brilliant costumes.
Indian women who wear the most brilliant costumes. It is against the custom of the higher castes to be photographed at all, and none are more so than Hindus.