The woman sitting on the ground is the Matranee; a Khidmutgar boy is bringing in a bottle of iced water.
Tag: Pictures of Indian Natives
Typical Pictures of Indian Natives. Being reproductions from specially prepared hand-colored photographs wit descriptive letterpress by F. M. Coleman. General Manager of the Times of India.
Brahmins of India. The two main classes.
The Brahmins are divided into two main classes
Mech People of India. Races & Tribes Of Hindustan.
Mech belonging to the Bodo-Kachari group of peoples in North-East India.
Kashmir. Ladakh men. Soldier of the Maharajah.
Ladakh is known for the beauty of its remote mountains and Tibetan Buddhist culture
Kashmir Dancer. Bodyguard. Raja of Kashmir c. 1890.
Traditional Costumes of Kashmir. On the history of costumes. Female dancer. Bodyguard. Raja.
Noble dancing girl. Woman in typically Oriental ensemble.
In earlier India, there were nobles and dancing girls; whose dress on festive occasions was not too different from the one depicted here.
Jalali. Mohammedan Faqir. Sufi Muslim ascetic. Suhrawardiyya saint.
Jalali.-A class of Mohammedan Faqirs who take their name from their founder Sayyid Jalal-ud-din a pupil of Bahawal Haqq the Suhrawardiyya saint of Multan.
Native Californian clothing at the end of the 18th century.
The engravings depicting Californian native people, taken from the Encyclopedia of Travels by Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, a five-volume work published in Paris in 1795-1796.
B,hugtee,a, or Dancing Boy from India 1830s.
When boys are dressed for exhibition, as represented in the plate, there is nothing whatever, to distinguish them from the other sex.
India. The carpenters of Bengal. A Group of Sutars.
A Group of Sutars, Carpenters, Bengal. Mongolo-Dravidian Type.
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History by Françoise Tétart-Vittu.
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style. Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted.
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. “Some books just scream out to be bought; this is one of them.” ― Vogue.com