"A Brahmin Family"

Title

"A Brahmin Family"

Subject

India--Spence Family--Asia--Fisk Jubilee Singers

Description

A commercially-produced image depicting a Brahman family in India. This family consists of four men and three women. Three men and one woman are seated in chairs. One man stands behind the seated persons. One woman stands to the right of the seated persons, and another woman stands to the left.
The reverse of this image has writing in ink, reading "A Brahmin Family." This image was one of many commercially-produced images of various places and peoples in Asia likely gifted to the Spence family by the Fisk Jubilee Singers upon their return to the United States in 1890.

Creator

Unknown

Source

John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections, Fisk University. Spence Family Collection. Box 94, Folder 94-47-7

Date

Ca. 1889.

Contributor

Dr. Patrick D. Rasico, metadata input

Rights

Images in this collection are the property of Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections. These materials may not be reproduced without written permission of Fisk University. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections.

Identifier

("A Brahmin Family"). John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections, Fisk University. Spence Family Collection. Box 94, Folder 94-47-7.

Files

FSC - SC - BOX94 - FOL 94-47-7 - A Brahmin Family - FJS Pic - FRONT.tif
FSC - SC - BOX94 - FOL 94-47-7 - A Brahmin Family - FJS Pic - REV.tif

Citation

Unknown, “"A Brahmin Family",” JOHN HOPE AND AURELIA E. FRANKLIN LIBRARY: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES, accessed April 18, 2024, https://fiskmusicmusiceverywhere.omeka.net/items/show/213.

Output Formats

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