Fruitsellers
Scowen & Co.
1875–1885
- Medium
- Albumen print from glass plate negative
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Genre
- Photographs
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
India, 19th century
About
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.
