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        "tombstone": "Untitled (recto), 1880s. Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860\u20131920), Charles T. Scowen (British). Albumen print, gold-toned; image: 20.2 x 26.7 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.); mounted: 27.8 x 37.9 cm (10 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.); secondary image: 20.5 x 26.3 cm (8 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, 2015.32.a",
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                "inscription": "Written in pencil on mount with the image of the posed people: \"6\"\r\nWritten in pencil on mount with image of oxen: \"7\"\r\nWritten in pencil on verso of mat: \"W.L.H. Skeen (1860-1900)/CEYLON, 1880s/gold-toned albumen print/1700 (Euros) 135 x 260 mm\"\r\n",
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                    "title": "Cheating Death: Portrait Photography\u2019s First Half Century",
                    "description": "<i>Cheating Death: Portrait Photography\u2019s First Half Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017).",
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        "description": "Probably taken by one of two British photographic firms based in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), this image was likely shot by a European and was definitely made for a European audience, not for the individuals depicted. It is unlikely the sitters ever saw the finished photograph. Such ethnographic portraits were collected by governments as information, by tourists as souvenirs, and by \u201carmchair travelers\u201d as aids to the imagination. Viewers of the era would have regarded it more as a depiction of a cultural type than as a record of individual lives. Because interiors of temples were too dark to yield an image, the photographer arranged these Thai monks and worshippers along with some of their religious objects outdoors.",
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                "biography": "Charles T. Scowen British, active 1870s-1890s\r\n\r\nCharles Scowen was one of a number of British photographers active in India and its environs during the 19th century. Arriving in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the early 1870s, Scowen had by 1876 established a studio, Scowen & Co., in Kandy. By the 1890s he had opened a second in Colombo. His work, which included landscapes and portraits of Malay women, is noted for its lighting, technically superior printing, and strong compositional qualities. T.W.F.",
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