Menpes’s watercolors of Various Nationalities, Tribes, & Ethnicities in British India and other Countries

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Alwar

• A Retainer from Alwar
• A Performing Horse from the Alwar State
• Camelry from Alwar

Baluchistan

• Baluch Chiefs on Durbar Day
• From the Hills, Baluchistan
• A Typical Baluch
• Two Baluch Chiefs

Bikanir

• A Native Bullock-Cart from Bikanir
• Armed Camel Riders from Bikanir
• An Elephant and Retainers from Bikanir

Bombay

• Bombay Retainers
• A Famous Dancing Horse — Bombay Chiefs’ Camp
• Horseman at the Bombay Camp
• Bombay Chiefs’s Camp
• An Armed Retainer of the Bombay Chiefs

Burma (Myanmar)

• Shan Chief at the Durbar
• The Shan Chiefs’s Retainers at the Native Review
• A Retainer of the Shan Chiefs
• Shan Retainers Carrying a Brass Gong
• Shan chiefs watching the Durbar
• Chiefs of the Shan State

Cutch

• A Retainer of the Maharaja of Cutch
• A Famous Led Horse in the Retinue of the Rao of Cutch
• A Retainer from Cutch
• Native bards from the Cutch State
• Emblem-Bearers of Cutch
• Spear-Bearers from Cutch
• A Standard-Bearer of Cutch

Jaipur

• A Jaipur Horseman
• A Standard Bearer: This is the State Standard of Jaipour
• Jaipur Elephants
• An Elephant from Jaipur

Jind

• A Retainer from Jind
• Spear-Bearer from Jind

Kashmir

• A Kashmiri Soldier
• A Soldier of His Highness Dogra Sowar
• Bodyguard of His Highness Dogra Sowar Kashmir
• A Kashmiri Pundat
• A Hindoo Hill Shepherd of Kashmir

Kishengarh

• Quilted Soldiers of Kishengarh
• Armoured Horsemen of the Kishengarh

Rajgarh

• A Retainer fron Rajgarh
• A Rajput of Rajgarh
• A Retainer of Rajgarh (II)
• A Hawksman from Rajgarh
• A Rajput of Rajgarh
• From Rajgarh

Rajputana

• A Swivel-Gun Bearer from Rajputana
• An Elephant from the Sandy Wastes of Rajpuntana

The Sikhs

• The Maharaja of Nabha
• A Sikh Spear-Bearer
• A Sikh Warrior
• Akalis Fanatical Devotee
• An Akalis Fanatical Devotee
• An Akalis Fanatical Devotee [on horseback]

Miscellaneous

• Baroda: The Gold and Silver Cannons of Baroda
• Dhar: A Retainer of Dhar
• Jodpur: A Horse from Jodpur
• Kota: A Camel Rider from Kota
• Mysore: Camels from Mysore
• A Pathan Horseman
• Patiala: His Highness the Maharaja of Patiala
• Rewa: A Formidable Warrior of Rewa
• Sikkim: A Soldier of the Maharaja of Sikkim

Other Subjects

• Street Scenes and People found there
• Half-length portraits of Individuals
• Camels and Camel Riders
• Horses and Horsemen
• Elephants

Bibliography

Menpes, Mortimer. The Durbar. Text by Dorothy Menpes. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1903. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of California at Los Angeles Library. Web. 27 May 2017.

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