Sepia tone

Studio portrait. Slight deterioration on the top real right corner. Sepia tone. A man sitting on a wooden chair with crossed legs and crossed fingers. He is wearing veshti, shirt, long bordered stole (Ankavastiram), Kadukkam (ear studds for man), spectacles, and the customary symbol (pottu) on his forehead. It is written on the bottom of the mount in tamil "T.N. Ramalingam - 7-9-1940".