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1. Photo 1224/1(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(65)
Title:
Snake charmers. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Shepherd & Robertson Photo: 1123 in the negative.Study of two snake charmers.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1224/2(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(98)
Title:
Jugglers. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1224/2(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(99)
Title:
A Nautch [at Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Showing a dance performance with musicians and spectators.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1224/3(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(55)
Title:
Actors. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of four Chinese actors, in costume.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1875
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1224/4(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(38)
Title:
Java. Native Prince's Band. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Gamelan orchestra with their instruments, with a man in European dress seated in the right background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1879
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1224/4(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(39)
Title:
Batavian Dancing Girl. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio group portrait of a woman in costume, with musicians seated around her. This particular group played wayang topeng, one of the traditional varieties of Javanese theatre, in which the players performed roles while wearing topeng or masks made out of wood. Such groups usually d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1224/4(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(40)
Title:
Java. Chinese New Year's Fete. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of a group of street performers in costume, with two bearers holding standards with Chinese inscriptions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1879
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1224/4(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(76)
Title:
Gambogia [Cambodia]. Actors. Photographer: Émile Gsell
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated studio portrait of a man and woman wearing a traditional dancers' costume.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866-1875
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1224/4(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(78)
Title:
Gambogia [Cambodia]. Actors. Photographer: Émile Gsell
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated studio portrait of an actor in traditional costume.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866-1879
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1224/6(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(49)
Title:
[Japanese] Actor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of a masked Japanese actor, posed with one leg raised and holding a fan in one hand and a mask in the other.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item