Indoor portrait. Deterioration on the real top right corner. Sepia tone on the mount. Full length shot. There are 3 persons with a baby boy. Newly married couple portrait. Next to them there a woman who is carrying a baby boy who is in saluting pose. The married girl is wearing silk saree, tight necklace (atikai), long chain with pendant, jimikki earrings, nose studds, jewel used to decorate head (vilai), forehead chain (netisuti), bangles, ring in finger, flowers on her head, toe ring (meti) and the customary symbol (pottu) on her forehead. The husband is wearing veshti, shirt, finger ring and watch. He has moustache. On the real bottom corner, it is written in tamil "moonlight Studio, Madurai".
Sepia tone on the mount
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:
EAP946/8/1/1/16
Level:
Item
Extent:
1 TIFF image
Digitisation date:
2017
Legal:
Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of
- Project EAP946:
- Collection EAP946/8:
- Collection EAP946/8/1:
- File EAP946/8/1/1:
- Item EAP946/8/1/1/16:
