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'Lohndiener und Eunuch mit dem Kinde seines Herrn'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje [‎27r-b] (1/1)

The record is made up of 1 collotype print. It was created in 1888. It was written in German. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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This full-length portrait shows two figures, one seated with an infant on his lap and one standing, described as a servant and a eunuch with the child of their master. They all face forward, looking towards the camera.

The standing man wears a white thawb or shirt held at the waist with a patterned sash and a patterned turban on his head. The seated man, or eunuch, wears a dark-coloured outer robe with embroidered lapels over a white thawb and a patterned turban. On the little finger of his right hand he wears a ring. The infant wears white trousers and shirt as well as a white hat or bonnet and white slippers.

The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background.

The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded paint-like quality in places.

Inscriptions:

Printed above image, in ink:

XXV

Printed beneath image, in ink:

‘Lohndiener und Eunuch mit dem Kinde seines Herrn.’

A circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower right corner.

Extent and format
1 collotype print
Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

137 x 95 mm

Format:

1 collotype print

Condition:

The print is in good condition.

Foliation:

‘XXV’

Written in
German in Latin script
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'Lohndiener und Eunuch mit dem Kinde seines Herrn'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje [‎27r-b] (1/1), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, 1781.b.6/58, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023627936.0x000065> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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