The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Fruitsellers

c. 1880

Scowen & Co.

(British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
India, 19th century
Albumen print from glass plate negative
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.)
Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer 2018.40
Location: Not on view

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.
  • Bruno Tartarain, photovintagefrance, Arnaville, France
    Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA
    June 3, 2018
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Fruitsellers|url=false|author=Scowen & Co.|year=c. 1880|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.40