Mr. MacNull, Jhansi (verso)
1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Here’s a man in a dark suit standing stiffly against a plain wall, holding a hat. The photograph looks old—soft focus, faded edges—like a snapshot from someone’s travel album. This was taken during British colonial rule in India. The man is Mr. MacNull, likely a British official. The photo was part of a private album meant to remember India through the eyes of the colonizers, not the people who lived there. To see more photos from this album, look up The Cleveland Museum of Art.
