Portrait of Native Horsekeeper, circa 1882

carte de visite

Carte de visite, albumen print; Portrait of Native Horsekeeper, circa 1882 (see Manuscript Coll. 311); collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster to the South Pacific; front, full body shot of man, possibly Sinhalese or Indian, wearing a turban, and what looks to be a sherwani (long coat) over a kurta (loose shirt) and pants (salwar?), standing barefoot next to a side table; handwritten on back "Native Horsekeeper".