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Fruitsellers

c. 1880

Scowen & Co.

(British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
Culture
India, 19th century
Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Measurements
Image: 20 x 27.2 cm (7 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.); Paper: 20 x 27.2 cm (7 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.); Mounted: 23.1 x 30.3 cm (9 1/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer 2018.40
Public Domain
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Location
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Print

Description

Occupational scenes like Fruitsellers were popular subjects in 19th-century colonial photography. Like this image of fruit sellers in colonial Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), such images provided armchair travelers with insight into local life and customs, as seen through European eyes.

Fruitsellers

c. 1880

Scowen & Co.

(British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
India, 19th century

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