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Description: | Full-length seated portrait of T. Schaya Jangar, Professor at Madras (Chennai) University, taken in the 1860s. This is one of a series of photographs commissioned by the Government of India in an attempt to gather information about the different racial and occupational groups extant on the sub-continent in the late 19th century. Material was submitted by professional and amateur photographers working in studios and in the field; this photograph was attributed to the Madras School of Industrial Arts, established 1850, an important training centre for photographers in the area. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Madras School of Industrial Arts | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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