The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Fruitsellers
c. 1880
(British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
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.)
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, FranceCatherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CAJune 3, 2018the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- {{cite web|title=Fruitsellers|url=false|author=Scowen & Co.|year=c. 1880|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.40