Sujet

Scene from the Ceylon Exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Hall, London, late 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Scene from the Ceylon Exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Hall, London, late 19th century. Illustration, likely a cigarette card, advertising Carl Hagenbeck's Ceylonese Exhibition. Ceylon was a British colony between 1796 and 1948. Hagenbeck's show featured Ceylonese people as exhibits during the era of the human zoo.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A07_081

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,3Mo (2,2Mo) / 32,3cm x 23,5cm / 3810 x 2776 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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