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Kling boy making curry

Photograph
ca. 1860s (Photographed)
Artist/Maker
Woodbury & Page (Photographers)
Place of origin
Southeast Asia (Photographed)

A sepia-coloured photograph mounted on card of a boy in a studio setting with tiled floor, using a pestle and mortar on the floor to grind spices. To his left is a wicker basket containing leaves and a plate with spices.

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Food Vessels & Tableware
Rural Life
Object type
photograph
TitleKling boy making curry (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Photographic Paper
Photography
Albumen Process
Brief description
Photograph by unknown photographer, 'Kling boy making curry', albumen print, ca. 1860s
Physical description
A sepia-coloured photograph mounted on card of a boy in a studio setting with tiled floor, using a pestle and mortar on the floor to grind spices. To his left is a wicker basket containing leaves and a plate with spices.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 27.5cm
  • Mount width: 37cm
Marks and inscriptions
titled (ink, verso)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Object history
Acquired from Miss Turner/Miss Edwards of Bexhill on 24.5.1949.
Subjects depicted
Boy
Pestle
<Food Mills, Grinders and Presses>
Place depicted
Southeast Asia
Associated objects
Other numbers
  • 21984 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 15586 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • A10 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.2156-2022

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Record createdNovember 21, 2022
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1734598/kling-boy-making-curry-photograph-woodbury--page/
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