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.'
Natives of Singapore. Photographer: G. R. Lambert and Company
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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.
Batavian Dancing Girl. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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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...