In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Occupational scenes like Fruitsellers were popular subjects in 19th-century colonial photography. Like this image of fruit sellers in colonial Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), such images provided armchair travelers with insight into local life and customs, as seen through European eyes.
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Samuel Bourne (British, 1834–1912) — A Village Scene, Near C
John Moran — Tropical Scenery, Street, Chipigana
John Moran — Tropical Scenery, Turbo Village
John Moran — Tropical Scenery, Native Hut, Turbo
Unknown — Scene in Batavia![[Old Man and Women with Children, One Nursing]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP71258.jpg)
Unknown — [Old Man and Women with Children, One Nursing]
Linnaeus Tripe — Amerapoora, Barracks of the Burmese Guard
John Moran — Tropical Scenery, Landing, Chipigana![[Old Burial Ground, Dum Dum, Calcutta]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP147415.jpg)
Unknown — [Old Burial Ground, Dum Dum, Calcutta]
Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905) — Reverend Loche at Neem
Unknown — Chinese Village, Singapore![[Thatched House, People in Foreground, Telegraph Lines in Background]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP71251.jpg)
Unknown — [Thatched House, People in Foreground, Telegraph L
