Studio portrait. Handpainted image. Full length shot. Solo portrait of Valliammai Chettiar, standing placing her right hands over a long stool. Wearing silk saree,bangles(valayal),watch,nose studd(mukuthi),ear studd(thodu),chains,finger ring(modhiram) and customary symbol on the forehead(pottu). There is a studio backdrop at the background having paintings of pillar,curtains and plants with flowers. The studio name is printed on the mount at the left side as "Suji-11, Madras-2". The image was painted in the year 1930.
Solo portrait of Valliammai Chettiar, standing placing her right hands over a long stool
Item details
Creation date:
20th century
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Not applicable
Content type:
Photograph
Place of origin:
India
Originals information:
The original material is located at the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), India
Reference:
EAP946/14/1/3/28
Level:
Item
Extent:
1 TIFF image
Digitisation date:
2017
Legal:
Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of
- Project EAP946:
- Collection EAP946/14:
- Collection EAP946/14/1:
- File EAP946/14/1/3:
- Item EAP946/14/1/3/28:
