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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.202
People
William Johnson and William Henderson
Title
Two Indian Women
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
dated 1857
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Northern India
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317668

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Salted paper print
Dimensions
24.77 x 20 cm (9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Catherine and Ralph Benkaim in honor of Thomas W. Lentz, Jr.
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.202
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This photograph depicts two Indian women in an interior. The woman to the left stands with her left hand raised and her right hand upon her hip. The woman to the right sits upon the floor with her arms resting upon her bent knees. Both women are wearing saris and they each have drapped the pallav over their head in North Indian fashion. The print reveals a great deal of manipulation in the exposure and the retouching of the image. The lower half of the composition is darker, suggesting a longer exposure during printing than the upper half of the page. The photographer had attempted to hand tint the upper half of the image behind the standing figure in order to accentuate her.

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