"A noblewoman on horseback," a painting from c.1700

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"A NOBLEWOMAN ON HORSEBACK, CENTRAL INDIA OR WEST RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1700. Gouache heightened with gold on paper, the lady wearing a gold hat and seated on a bay stallion-9½ x 7¼in. (24.1 x 18.5cm.)."




"Departure of the Queen and Royal family of Oude from Southampton," from the Illustrated London News, 1856

Source: ebay, July 2009



A wood engraving by A. de Neuville, from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1869

Source: ebay, July 2008

*"Sketches from India--an afternoon in the Himalayas," from The Graphic, 1880*

Source: ebay, Nov. 2009

"A Hindoo Marriage," by Edwin Lord Weeks, a photogravure of the painting, 1893

Source: ebay, Jan. 2006

"A Zenana Carriage," an albumen photo c. 1880's

Source: ebay, Sept. 2004


*"Mrs. Ujfalvy-Bourdon, Explorer of India," from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1883*

Source: ebay, Sept. 2008

From The Graphic, 1887

Source: ebay, Aug. 2006

An overview of available travel methods; a German lithograph, 1888

"Fig. 1. Armed horsemen of the prince, 2. Hunting suite, 3. Elephant, saddle, huntsmen, 4. Chair porters, 5. Elephant, saddle-throne, prince and his suite, 6. Traveling cart of the poor, 7,8. Water merchant w/ bull, 9. Smoker, 10. Stage coach, 11. Leopard cage, 12. Traveling carriage, 13. Traveling carriage of  rich people, 14. Stage coach, 15. Transportation carriage, 16. Yoke, 17. Plow, 18. Laborer, 19. Mattock, 20. Scythe, 21. Water vase."

Source: ebay, Sept. 2009

*"Ladies Tilting at the Ring, India," from the Illustrated London News, 1889*

Source: ebay, Sept. 2006

An albumen photo, c.1880's

Source: ebay, Nov. 2007


*"The Morning Ride," by R. Caton Woodville, from the Illustrated London News, 1891*

Source: ebay, Aug. 2009

*"Dhoolie Bearers, Benares," photographed by Cambridge and Company, Bombay (1890s)*

Source: ebay, Dec. 2002

*"A Native Lady Getting Into a Train," an engraving from The Graphic, 1900* (lower left corner of the page)

Source: ebay, Nov. 2005

*An Englishwoman in a sedan chair at Pushkar, a photo, c.1900*

Source: ebay, May 2007

*"Mrs. Peppe," probably c.1893, from the album of John Mitchell Holms, a British officer*

Source: ebay, Jan. 2006

*"How beauty takes the air - Indian 'reet' or bullock carriage used by ladies of rank - Ulwar, India," a photo c.1903* (BL)




"Palenquin used by women of poorer classes," a stereoscopic view, 1908

Source: ebay, Sept. 2008

*An Englishwoman in a sedan chair; an undated photo*

Source: ebay, Apr. 2008

*An Englishwoman preparing to drive her two-wheeled carriage, a photo from the 1920's*

Source: ebay, Apr. 2006

Traveling in a sedan chair; a photo by E. M. Newman (1872-1953), from the 1920's

Source: ebay, Jan. 2005


*"Muslim women in purdah -- no wonder T.B. is high," a photo taken by an American army nurse during World War II*

Source: ebay, Aug. 2009



A doll who comes with her own burqa (in the radical style sometimes called "shuttlecock"); early to mid 1900's; *a back view*

Source: ebay, July 2009

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