High Class Students and Teachers at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (verso)
1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This photo shows a group of boys in uniforms and their teachers standing on a school staircase in Shimla, India. The boys look serious, posed for the camera like a class portrait. It’s part of an album made for a British official in the 1880s, a time when India was under colonial rule. The photo gives a quiet look at how British-style education was shaping young Indian lives. The school, Bishop Cotton, still exists today. To see more photos like this, look up the subject India.
