Sinhalese Man
Scowen & Co.
1880–1889
- Medium
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- Image: 14.1 x 9.1 cm (5 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Paper: 14.1 x 9.4 cm (5 9/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- Photographs
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
India, 19th century
About
The gentleman sports a Western jacket and shirt, but his distinctive hairstyle identifies him as Sinhalese, a people originally from northern India who now form the majority of the population of Sri Lanka.
