Wedding portrait of a Peranakan couple with flower girls and baskets

Title
Wedding portrait of a Peranakan couple with flower girls and baskets
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Singapore
Material
photograph
Dimension
Image size: 20.0 x 14.5 cm,
Object size: 30.7 x 25.5 cm
Accession No.
2017-00726
Collection of
Peranakan Museum

This photograph shows a groom, bride and two girls posing with two baskets of flowers. It is mounted on an elaborately decorated green mounting board. Ranging from formal studio portraits to albums of snapshots of everyday life and stately ancestral portraits, this large group of photographs reveals the many forms of photography available and gives insight into the various aspects of the lives of Peranakans.

 

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