The exotic, the respectable, and the vulnerable: How the coloniser’s photographs saw Indian women
Early Indian photography became a dominant tool for representing regional identities in India, framing the “other”. These ...
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Charles Bird King's Indian Portraits
Thomas McKenney, United States superintendent of Indian trade in Georgetown, then port of entry for the District of Columbia, conceived the idea of developing a government collection of portraits of ...
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How British photography represented Indian women—nautch girl, aayah, bhadramahila
In 'Framing Portraits, Binding Albums', edited by Shilpi Goswami and Suryanandini Narain, dwells on the importance of family ...
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Portrait of an Indian Lady, Daughter of a Cacique. 1757.
While families often commissioned portraits of their daughters ... Ruiz Gomar, Rogelio. 2002. “Portrait of an Indian Lady, Daughter of a Cacique/ Retrato de india cacique” in The Grandeur of Viceregal ...
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Gertrude Käsebier Sioux Portraits
National Museum of American History Platinum Portrait of American Horse and wife, Sioux Indians, by Gertrude Kasebier National Museum of American History Kills First, Sioux Indian National Museum of ...
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19th-Century McKenney and Hall Indian Portraits
Executive producer Marsha Bemko shares her tips for getting the most out of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW. Value can change: The value of an item is dependent upon many things, including the condition of the ...