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1. Photo 1224/2(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(44)
Title:
Rajpoots. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Shepherd & Robertson, Photo: 1120 in the negative. Three sword bearing men kneeling, holding swords. On the left stands a bearer holding a staff; with a large hookah in the foreground. Also, a barely legible inscription on the negative reads (?)'Pi611'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1224/3(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(33)
Title:
[Three men, China]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of three seated men, holding fans. Image in carte de visite format printed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1224/3(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(36)
Title:
Cantonese [man]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter studio portrait of a man with a cap. Image in carte de visite format.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
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 1224/3(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(56)
Title:
Magistrate's Court. Photographer: Saunders, W.
Scope & Content:
Studio re-enactment of a Chinese trial scene. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.30.- A Court Scene. The presiding magistrate occupies the bench, and on either side are his clerks. The prosecutor, who, in this instance, holds some small official preferment, is seated to the right ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1224/3(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(69)
Title:
Ton King Sin [Tong King Sing]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of the Chinese comprador Tong King Sing, holding a fan and dressed in a silk robe.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1224/3(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(70)
Title:
Shanghai Woman. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated studio portrait of a woman, holding a fan and with one foot resting on a footstool. To her left stands a table with a bonsai tree. With contemporary printed label: 'No.8. - A Shanghai Woman. And here she is in the dress of the period.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1224/4(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(15)
Title:
Natives of Singapore. Photographer: G. R. Lambert and Company
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of a man standing holding a walking stick, wearing a coat and turban. Photograph unsigned, but attributed to G. R. Lambert and Co.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1224/4(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(18)
Title:
Natives of Singapore. Photographer: G. R. Lambert and Company
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio group portrait of two men with children. Photograph unsigned, but attributed to G. R. Lambert and Co.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. 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