Fruitsellers

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fruitsellers

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Date
c. 1880
Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Culture
India, 19th century
Department
Photography
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
311764

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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.

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Credit line
Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
Provenance
Bruno Tartarain, photovintagefrance, Arnaville, France | Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA | June 3, 2018: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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