An unidentified Parsi gentleman

Bhedwar Studio, Bombay
circa 1890

Photograph with studio mount
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.)

Parsis going abroad would generally get their photographs done at studios with such a backdrop, giving an illusion of romanticism. Bhedwar studio was one of the early studios that did such photographs and thus was very popular among the Parsi community of Bombay.