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Gloomy Prospects
Willoughby Wallace Hooper1876–1878
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
An emaciated man sits on a "charpoy," a traditional Indian woven bed, while two children sleep on the bed as well. An equally emaciated woman sits next to him on the ground with a baby on her lap. The group is in front of a hut with a thatched roof.
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Details
- Title: Gloomy Prospects
- Creator: Willoughby Wallace Hooper
- Date Created: 1876–1878
- Location Created: India
- Physical Dimensions: 10.4 × 15.5 cm (4 1/8 × 6 1/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XO.940.7.1
- Culture: English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Willoughby Wallace Hooper (English, 1837 - 1912)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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