Inscribed in Japanese and numbered 483 in the negative. Studio portrait of a Japanese woman, seated with a stringed instrument (a kind of zither) resting on the floor in front of her.
Kashmir nautch girls. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Numbered 607 in the negative. Kashmir was visited by the compiler of this album between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Group of dancing girls and musicians seated on a terrace, probably, like print 149, in the Shalimar Gardens at Srinagar. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'Group of...
Full-length hand tinted studio portrait of two girls, one seated on a chair holding a stringed instrument, the other standing beside her. In the background are four banners with Chinese inscriptions.
Kashmir nautch girls. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Numbered 606 in the negative. Kashmir was visited by the compiler of this album between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Showing dancing girls performing before an audience of men in the verandah of a pavilion in the Shalimar Gardens at Srinagar. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'A N...
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...