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Description: | Portrait taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s; the print is vignetted due to the use of a lens of a longer focal length than was able to cover the whole negative surface. It is one of a collection of portrait studies of individuals and groups from Eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh and Assam). It shows a group of dancers and musicians. The man standing to the left of the central dancer is holding a 'sarangi' or fiddle. Many of the photographs from the album were taken in or around a temporary studio constructed from wicker panels with an open roof to admit light onto the subject. The studio can be seen in the background in this scene. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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