Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of a young woman, posed in front of a wall and carrying a large terracotta jar, balanced against her hip.
A woman of the labouring class [Cyprus]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of a woman, posed in front of a wall and looking off to the left: 'This is a typical woman of the lower orders in Cyprus; one who to a powerful physique, well-formed features, and dark eyes, adds an expression of unflinching resolution. It was so...
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a beggar woman with her two children, the youngest held in her arms: 'The woman shown in the present picture was evidently no professional beggar. She simply presented herself at the doorway of the house where I happened to be lodging; there she waited si...
Coming from the well, Levka. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a woman walking along a street in Lefka, bearing a terracotta water on her hip: 'The surroundings of the water-carrier in this picture are peculiarly characteristic. Over a rude frame, supported on posts of pine-wood, an old vine spreads its leaves; on th...
Modern female attire in Cyprus. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of two women: 'Nowadays, the attire of Cypriote women is frequently so simple as to suggest its being designed for comfort and convenience rather than for aesthetic display. There could, for instance, be nothing more simple or modest tha...
Fanny Duberly. Camp before Sebastopol 15 April 1855. Photographer: Fenton, Roger
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of Frances Isabella Duberly on horseback, with her husband Captain Henry Duberly, 8th Royal Irish Hussars, standing on the left. The photograph was enclosed in a letter to her sister Selina dated 14th April 1855 (but evidently sent later), which includes the...
[Portrait of a Japanese women.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing studio portrait of a Japanese woman, posed in front of a wall scroll, with tea-making equipment on the floor beside her.
[Studio portrait of a Japanese woman, (?)preparing tea.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a Japanese women seated in front of a wooden box, with a small tray with cups on the ground in front.