Veddas

c. 1870

Charles Scowen and Co.

Associated Names
Charles Scowen and Co.

Artist, British, 1876 - 1899

Two individuals are depicted in the image. The person on the left is seated on the ground with one knee raised, while the person on the right is seated cross-legged on a raised platform. Both have long, dark hair and strong facial features. They are wearing minimal clothing and the person on the right holds a long, curved object. The background is filled with dense foliage and leaves.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bruno Tartarin, Paris; (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 2002; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, inscribed into negative in lower left corner: Scowen; on verso, by unknown hand, along bottom edge: r5002 1606 Veddahs

Wikidata ID

Q64145809

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