The Archive & Cabinet
Antique Indian Art, Photography & Decorative Arts
An online collection of works on paper, photography, and decorative arts from and related to South Asia.
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"Collecting British India Carte-de-Visite Photographs: Looking Beyond the Portrait"
Discover the historical richness of nineteenth-century British India cartes-de-visite and learn how these seemingly modest photographs preserve a remarkable record of everyday life, commercial photography, and the diverse communities of colonial India.
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