A depiction by Giulio Ferrario, from 'Il costume antico e moderno', Florence, 1824

Source: ebay, June 2010




"The Rajpootnee Bride," by R. A. Daniell; published in Philadelphia, 1836

Source: ebay, Apr. 2009

*Rajput men playing the game of Puchesee; a photo by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey, early 1860's* (BL)


*Group of Rajput agriculturalists (?); a photo by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey, early 1860's* (BL)


*"Oomuts of Nursinghur, Rajpoot tribe, Central India"; from  'The People of India', published from 1868 to the early 1870's by WH Allen, for the India Office*; *"Khanzadas, Mussulmans, Rajpootana"*; *"Chohans, Rajpoot tribe, Hindoos, Oude"*; *"Bujgotees, Rajput tribe, Hindoos, Oude"*; *"Hara Rajpoots, Haraotee, Rajputana"*; *"Jats, Hindoos, Delhi"*

Source: ebay, Apr. 2006





"Peasants from the Doab," by Emile Bayard, from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1873; also *"Peasants from Sind" by Gilbert, 1868*


Source: ebay, Oct. 2008


*"A Rajpoot bullock carriage," from The Graphic, 1876*

Source: ebay, Feb. 2011


"Rajpoots," a wood engraving, 1878; and here's *the photo on which it's based*, which comes from 'The People of India' (1868 to the early 1870's) by W. H. Allen, for the India Office 

 Source: ebay, Jan. 2007


The Rajputs always had to coexist with the Jats: "Zemindars and Jat Peasants" (Malwa) by A. de Neuville, from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1873; *a larger scan*; compare *this early photo*

Source: ebay, Aug. 2005





"Jat nobles, Dholepore" an engraving from 'India and its Native Princes' by Louis Rousselet, 1878

Source: ebay, Apr. 2009


Another glimpse of farmers: "Peasants of the Doab,"a wood engraving, c.1870's

Source: ebay, Oct. 2004


"Rajput father and son," a silver gelatin photo, c.1900

Source: ebay, May 2007



*A Rajput standing on guard (?) before a gateway; a photogravure by Martin Hurlimann, 1935*; also *"View of Rajputs with their weapons in Udaipur" (1928)*

Source: ebay, Nov. 2008


*"Nain Rajsthali: herders with mixed flocks of sheep and goats," c.1940's*

Source: ebay, June 2007


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