Légende
Praying boy and a girl with a book behind a desk from Chota Nagpur in eastern India, photograph, page, The missionary's work resulted in the conversion of the tribal population to Christianity., number: '(19)', inscription: 'COLE CHRISTIANS., ABORIGINAL., CHOTA NAGPOOR.', photographer: Benjamin Simpson (possibly), Chota Nagpur, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, Benjamin Simpson, photographer, Jharkhand, paper, albumen print, height 175 mm x width 130 mm, one person praying, human races, peoples, nationalities, An oval-framed sepia photograph shows two young people standing at a small round table with an open book; the person on the left is shorter, looking downward with hands held together near the book, wearing a long-sleeved light top and a skirt, with short hair; the person on the right is taller, standing upright with one hand resting on the book and the other near the table, wearing a short-sleeved light top and a long skirt, with hair pulled back and a composed facial expression; the background inside the oval is plain and pale, and the image is mounted on a light-colored page with a rectangular label area visible below the oval.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B03_420
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49.9Mo (3.6Mo) / 28.5cm x 44.0cm / 3361 x 5192 (300dpi)