id:			311764
accession number:	2018.40
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.40
updated:		2023-08-24 01:22:34.762000

Fruitsellers, c. 1880. Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer 2018.40

title:				Fruitsellers
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creation date:			c. 1880
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1885
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creditline:			Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
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culture:	India, 19th century
technique:	Albumen print from glass plate negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)  - artist

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measurements: 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.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Bruno Tartarain, photovintagefrance, Arnaville, France
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Occupational scenes like <em>Fruitsellers</em> 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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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.40/2018.40_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.40/2018.40_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.40/2018.40_full.tif