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Description: | Studio portrait of two South Indian woman and a child, Chennai (Madras), shown at the 1867 Paris Exhibition. This photograph is from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections and is one of a series commissioned by the Government of India to gather information about the racial groups in India. Material was submitted by professional and amateur photographers working in studios and in the field. This photograph was taken by a member of the Madras School of Industrial Arts, established in 1850. The School contained an important training centre for photographers in the area. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Madras School of Industrial Arts | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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