Snake-charmers in India
Print from The Queen's empire: a pictorial and descriptive record illustrated from photographs, 1897
General Research Division, The New York Public Library. “Snake-charmers in India” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1897. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/906b7eb0-0158-0132-a965-58d385a7bbd0
Man wearing turban and medals
Photograph from Album of photographs of Burma, India and Egypt, c. 1889
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. “Man wearing turban and medals” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-623b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
India ; Inde ; Indien.
Illustration, 1876–1888
Charpentier (Lithographer); Firmin-Didot, Paris (Printer)
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “India ; Inde ; Indien.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876 - 1888. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1465-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
India
Coins of all nations
Cigarette Card, 1889
Duke’s Cigarettes
Caricature wears a patterned headdress, fitted jacket, wrap cloth belt, baggy long pants cinched at the ankle, and roped sandals. Physical and facial characteristics include an aged face with dark skin, stern expression, red lips and lengthy, white beard. He carries active snakes. The “2 Annas” coin was minted by the British for use in India. The other side of this coin bears Queen Victoria's profile.
Surrounding this cigarette card are illustrations from books published in Paris and Munich; a photograph from a book titled The Queen's Empire; a photogravure by American artist Edwin Lord Weeks; and other photos from a souvenir album that included Burma and Egypt.
George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. “India.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-3511-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Fürst Und Frau Aus Den Radschputana-Staaten ; Hindufrau.
Illustration from Costumes of all nations, Munich, 1898
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “Fürst Und Frau Aus Den Radschputana-Staaten ; Hindufrau.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1913. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1461-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
A Hindoo marriage
Photogravures, 1890
Weeks, Edwin Lord (Artist)
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “A Hindoo marriage” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1890. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-d145-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Man with a book
Photograph from Album of photographs of Burma, India and Egypt, c. 1889
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. “Man with a book” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6238-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
