- [Indian Barber with Clients]
Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 in. (18.2 × 22.9 cm)
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Although the most widely recognized photographers working
in 19th-century India were British, many native photographers also helped
picture their country. Shivashanker Narayen set up his studio, which became a favorite
among the Indian aristocracy, on the premises of the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy
School of Art in Bombay. He showed his work at British-sponsored
and overseas exhibitions, participated in the Archaeological Survey of India
between 1868 and 1869, and documented the Calcutta International Exhibition of
1883. This photograph is a quiet image of daily life on the streets as a barber
tends to his client.
Provenance[Charles Schwartz, Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition History"India Through the Camera's Eye," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 7–August 12, 2018.
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