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A portrait of two Indian women wearing saris. They are sitting on a bed covered in an embroidered quilt.

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Categories	Photographs Portraits Colonialism and Empire Tourism & Travel Womenswear
Object type	Photograph
Materials and techniques	Photographic Paper Albumen Process Photography
Brief description	Anon, Indian/Singhalese courtesans, two women, ca. 1860. Albumen print.
Physical description	A portrait of two Indian women wearing saris. They are sitting on a bed covered in an embroidered quilt.
Dimensions	Height: 172mm Width: 196mm
Gallery label	Unknown photographer (active 1860s) Indian Courtesans About 1860 Many British photographers made studies of people in traditional dress when India and Sri Lanka were under British colonial rule. Often staged, these images are artistically conceived but also have an ethnographic and anthropological agenda. They were made primarily as souvenirs for travellers in the country, as well as for armchair tourists at home. Albumen prints Museum nos. E.28, 30-2014 Gallery 100 ‘A History of Photography’, 2014-2015, label text: Unknown photographer (active 1860s) Indian Courtesans About 1860 Many British photographers made studies of people in traditional dress when India and Sri Lanka were under British colonial rule. Often staged, these images are artistically conceived but also have an ethnographic and anthropological agenda. They were made primarily as souvenirs for travellers in the country, as well as for armchair tourists at home. Albumen prints Museum nos. E.28, 30-2014 (06 03 2014)
Credit line	Purchase funded by the Cecil Beaton Fund
Object history	This photograph was collected by 19th century photographer, William England, and by descent to Mark Mitchell. It was on long loan to the V&A from 1982 to 2013.
Association	William England
Associated objects	E.29-2014 (Series) E.30-2014 (Series) E.31-2014 (Series)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.28-2014

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Record created	December 2, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1276368/photograph-unknown/

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