Cochin China [Vietnam]. Tong King Woman [Tonkin]. Photographer: Émile Gsell
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Full-length seated studio portrait of a woman in traditional dress, holding a fan, and with her right arm resting on a table. A large disc-shaped hat stands on the floor beside her.
Gambogia [Cambodia]. [A woman from the King's Harem]. Photographer: Émile Gsell
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Full-length seated studio portrait of a woman wearing traditional dress, with a vase and toiletry items in front of her. A similar portrait attributed to Gsell and identified as a woman from the King's harem is reproduced in Des Photographes en Indochine Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchine, Cambodge et L...
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...
Numbered and titled in the negative: 4007. Elevated Rail Rd; New York. With Frith's Series blindstamp. Street view with rows of commercial buildings on both sides of the road and elevated railway on right.