Cochin China [Vietnam]. Tong King Woman [Tonkin]. Photographer: Émile Gsell
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated studio portrait of a woman in traditional dress, holding a fan, and with her right arm resting on a table. A large disc-shaped hat stands on the floor beside her.
Numbered 623 in the negative. Interior of a curio shop, with two figures seated in foreground against a display of armour, ceramics, musical instruments, etc.
Numbered 583 in the negative. Studio portrait of an itinerant food seller, carrying two large food containers on a yoke slung across his shoulders, and posed in the act of calling out his wares.