Half-length portrait of young woman from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), c 1877

Made:: 1872-1879 in Bogawantalawa

maker:: Julia Margaret Cameron

Woman, Ceylon A photographic portrait of a young woman from Ceylon, (Sri Lanka)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Albumen print by Julia Margaret Cameron, half-length portrait of woman, Ceylon. Albumen portrait by Julia Margaret Cameron of a young woman from Ceylon. She is probably a plantation worker (estate 'coolie') from the Camerons' coffee plantation.

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Category:: Photographs

Object Number:: 1985-5111

type:: albumen print

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credit:: National Media Museum, Bradford

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