Studio portrait. Slight deterioration. Full length shot. Family portrait. There are 5 persons on this photo. 2 woman are wearing saree, chain, bangels, nose studds, ear studds, flower on head and the customary symbol (pottu) on their forehead. The boy on the real left side is wearing pant and shirt. The girl between the 2 woman, is wearing half saree (Pavada thavani), chain, ear studds, double plaits with ruban and flowers and the customary symbol (pottu) on her forehead. She is holding a book on her left hand. The baby is sitted on the lap of the woman on the real right side is wearing shirt, bangles, thread on the neck with pendant. It is written on the real bottom right corner in Tamil "Mahatma Studio, Mel avani Mula vidi, Madurai. Background has interior of a house steps as paintings.
Family portrait
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:
EAP946/8/1/3/151
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 EAP946/8/1/3:
- Item EAP946/8/1/3/151:
