Shivashanker Narayen
[Indian Barber with Clients]

CultureIndian
Titles
  • [Indian Barber with Clients]
Datec. 1875
Place depictedIndia
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 7 3/16 × 9 in. (18.2 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 in. (18.2 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. and Susie Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2017.361
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in purple, verso, lower left: SHIVASHANKER NARAYEN // PHOTOGRAPHER SCHOOL OF ART

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