Bahadur Khan, Nawab of Junagarh
1 portrait of Bahadur Khan, Nawab of Junagarh
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Bahadur Khan, Nawab of Junagarh
by Biggingee Sorabjee Poochee
carbon print, published 1889
9 5/8 in. x 7 5/8 in. (245 mm x 194 mm) image size
Purchased, 1975
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax28675
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- Biggingee Sorabjee Poochee (active 1863-1904), Photographer. Artist or producer of 1 portrait.
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The London Dock strike takes place resulting in a victory for the dock workers striking over pay and conditions.Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, allowing legal intervention between children and parents for the first time.
Charles Booth, the English social scientist, publishes the first volume of Life and Labour of the People, an extensive survey into the living conditions of London's East End working class communities.
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George Gissing's The Nether World, a dark account of the lives of the urban poor in Clerkenwell, is published. Gissing absorbs the French naturalist style of writers such as Emile Zola to produce a harshly realistic observation of life in London at the end of the nineteenth century.International
The Eiffel Tower is erected, designed by the French engineer and bridge builder Alexandre Gustave Eiffel for the Paris Exposition. At 300m high, it was the tallest manmade structure in the world at the time.The Second International organisation is formed at a Congress in Paris by various socialist and labour parties, with the intention of working together for international socialism. It also declared 1 May International Labour Day.
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09 September 2021, 12:51
From TROVE NLA- Cumberland Mercury (Parramatta, NSW : 1875 - 1895), Saturday 7 January 1893, page 6
High Art Photography.
Mr. B. S. Pochee, whose photographic galleries are situated in the Market Buildings, Parramatta, has had the satisfaction of receiving by Tuesday's mail from India two beautifully-engraved solid gold medals, weigh ing 2oz. and I¾oz. respectively. The larger one bears the inscription:-" From His Highness Bahadurkhanji, G.C.I.E., Nawab of Jimagadh, to B. S. Pochee, photographer and the smaller one-" From His Highness Sir Kesarisinhji, K.O.S.I., Maharaja Saheb of Idar, awarded to B. S. Pochee, photographer, 1892." The medals have bees presented to Mr. Pochee by these high personages as marks of appreciation for work done in the photographic line, and they are now on view in his window in Church-street.
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