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Taurines studio
(1885–1902)
- Title
- recto: Nautch girls, Bombay verso: (2 women)
- Place of origin
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Mumbai →
Maharashtra →
India
- Year
- circa 1880s
- Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- albumen silver print; one leaf from an album
- Dimensions
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25.5 x 36.0cm sheet:
recto - Nautch girls, Bombay (group portrait); 215 x 275cm
verso - (2 women); 27.2 x 21.3cm
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Masselos 2011
- Accession number
- 375.2011
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
'Nautch girls' are dancers who are entertainers (as opposed to temple dancers who perform at Hindu temples to please deities). Here, the women pose for the picture on a porch. This photograph was produced by Taurines Studios, a commercial entity based in Bombay from 1885 to 1902.
