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21. 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

22. Photo 1224/3(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(57)
Title:
Men in Cangue. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of two men, undergoing the punishment of the 'cangue'. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.31.-The Cangue. The kia, or cangue, is a wooden frame, weighing about 201lbs, which is bolted round the neck of criminals convicted of certain minor offences. It rests on ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 1224/3(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(58)
Title:
An Execution. Photographer: Saunders, W.
Scope & Content:
With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No. 32.- Decapitation. Our artist has seized the moment when the culprit, half stupefied with opium, having been shot out of the cage or basket in which he has reached the ground, has his queue firmly grasped and pulled over his head by a man who wil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 1224/3(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(60)
Title:
Mandarins. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
A full-length seated group portrait of mandarins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1875
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 1224/3(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(68)
Title:
Group of Chinamen. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of figures, holding fans and arranged against a background of trees and rocks.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 1224/3(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(83)
Title:
Amoy Women. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of three seated women, with elaborate hair arrangements and holding painted fans.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 1224/4(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(35)
Title:
Java. Rhaden [Raden] Saleh (Native Prince). Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of the Javanese artist Raden Saleh, seated on a chair carved in gothic style, his right arm resting on a table and holding an open book. He wears a richly decorated jacket and turban. Photograph unsigned, but attributed to Woodbury and Page.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 1224/4(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(36)
Title:
Java. Rhaden Saleh's wife. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated portrait of a woman identified as the wife of the artist Raden Saleh (see Photo 1224/4(35)), her arm resting on a table, and with a female attendant seated on the floor beside her. Photograph unsigned, but attributed to Woodbury and Page.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1872
Extent:
1 item