Collection

Plantation Workers, Ceylon

PART OF:
Ricketts Collection of photographs, equipment and ephemera
Made:
1875-1879 in Sri Lanka
maker:
Julia Margaret Cameron
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A photographic study of a group of tea plantation workers, taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in about 1877 when Cameron was living in Ceylon. Cameron moved to the family's estate in the Dikoya Valley near Kalutara, Sri Lanka in 1875.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Jane and Howard Ricketts Collection
Object Number:
1990-5037/P83
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 186 mm x 241 mm
type:
photograph and albumen print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford

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