The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 29, 2023

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.

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