Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30687
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
UD-18 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
8 x 10" Negative. Image containing two rows of men, identified as nobles and officials of Udaipur. Hoefler's original description: "Udaipur, Rajputana, India. Nobles and officials of Udaipur State. His Highness The Maharana of Udaipur is the highest in rank and dignity among the Rajput Princes of India. He is considered by Hindus to be the representative of Rama, The ancient King of Ajodhya. He is a Sisodia Rajput, as are most of the Nobles, and a finer and more chivalrous class of men can nowhere be found. Lower row, left to right: Thakur Bal Krisheyi Dhinkeya, Dhai Chai Amar Singhji, Thakur Chimman Singhji, Thakur Bhairaun Singhji, and Behari Lallji Mehta. Uppper row, left to right: Dal Chandji-Dhaihhai, Onkar Nathji, Lakshmi Nathji Pande, Ganesh Nathji Pande and Dhai Chai Nand Lallji.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Udaipur, Rajputana, India.
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1930s
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
height 8 inches and length 10 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30687, described as 8 x 10" Negative. Image containing two rows of men, identified as nobles and officials of Udaipur. Hoefler's original description: "Udaipur, Rajputana, India. Nobles and officials of Udaipur State. His Highness The Maharana of Udaipur is the highest in rank and dignity among the Rajput Princes of India. He is considered by Hindus to be the representative of Rama, The ancient King of Ajodhya. He is a Sisodia Rajput, as are most of the Nobles, and a finer and more chivalrous class of men can nowhere be found. Lower row, left to right: Thakur Bal Krisheyi Dhinkeya, Dhai Chai Amar Singhji, Thakur Chimman Singhji, Thakur Bhairaun Singhji, and Behari Lallji Mehta. Uppper row, left to right: Dal Chandji-Dhaihhai, Onkar Nathji, Lakshmi Nathji Pande, Ganesh Nathji Pande and Dhai Chai Nand Lallji.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30687, described as 8 x 10" Negative. Image containing two rows of men, identified as nobles and officials of Udaipur. Hoefler's original description: "Udaipur, Rajputana, India. Nobles and officials of Udaipur State. His Highness The Maharana of Udaipur is the highest in rank and dignity among the Rajput Princes of India. He is considered by Hindus to be the representative of Rama, The ancient King of Ajodhya. He is a Sisodia Rajput, as are most of the Nobles, and a finer and more chivalrous class of men can nowhere be found. Lower row, left to right: Thakur Bal Krisheyi Dhinkeya, Dhai Chai Amar Singhji, Thakur Chimman Singhji, Thakur Bhairaun Singhji, and Behari Lallji Mehta. Uppper row, left to right: Dal Chandji-Dhaihhai, Onkar Nathji, Lakshmi Nathji Pande, Ganesh Nathji Pande and Dhai Chai Nand Lallji.

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