About Maurice Vidal Portman

Maurice Vidal Portman was a British naval officer, who is best known for documenting some of the Andamanese tribes between 1879 and 1901 when he was posted as a superintendent of the Andaman Island Penal Colony.

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Maurice Vidal Portman

British naval officer and photographer (1860-1935)

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