Full-length standing carte-de-visite portrait of a peon, or messenger holding a letter, or note, one of a series of prints of ethnic types and occupations taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the early 1870s. The word 'peon' is derived from the Portuguese word peao; from pe, 'foot' and meaning a 'footman'. It was originally used in the sense of a 'foot-soldier' and later as 'orderly' or messenger. It is still a commonly used term in India.
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