Studio tableau, showing 'A party of coolies making merry at a tea-house on one of the numerous festival days when all work is suspended and every one has a good time.'
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of actors in a 'scene from an historical play dealing with ancient times entitled 'Gosho Guruma,' literally 'The Imperial Cart.' The figure in white standing upon the cart represents the Mikado of the time. The Japanese theatre is the o...
Parthie aus der provinz Idzu [Landscape in Izu (Shizuoka) Province]. Photographer: Burger, Wilhelm
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the shore towards a small wooded island, connected to the mainland by a causeway and with a small pavilion overlooking the sea. With figures fishing from the rocks in the foreground.
Mohammed der Gatroner [Mahomed the cook]. Photographer: Salingré, Emil
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of the expedition's cook, holding a flintlock musket. The notes accompanying the collection state that this man had also served on expeditions with Barth to Timbuctoo and Nachtigal with Kuka. Some retouching on print.
Fountains Abbey. East window and tower. Photographer: Delamotte and Cundall
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the ruined east window, with the tower beyond. A line of men in the foreground are posed in the act of cutting the grass with scythes.