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621. Photo 1224/3(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(44)
Title:
Interior of Joss House [Canton]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Canton was visited by the compiler of this album between 24th and 28th February, 1879. With contemporary descriptive letterpress label: 'No. 50-Mars, Boreas, &c. The truculent fellow on the one side is the God of war; on the other we have the God of wind. These figures must not be taken as r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

622. Photo 1224/3(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(48)
Title:
Canton. Interior [of a] Flower Boat. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Canton was visited by the compiler of this album between 24th and 28th Februrary, 1879. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'This represents the saloon of one of these boats, they are magnificiently fitted up in marble. The small room at the back is where the Chinese smoke opium. For a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1875
Extent:
1 item

623. Photo 1224/3(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(51)
Title:
[A young Chinese girl]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Carte de visite format studio portrait of a girl, standing with her right arm resting on a table.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

624. Photo 1224/4(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(25)
Title:
Batavia [Jakarta].Chinese Camp. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
'This photograph was taken from the bridge which connects what is now Jalan Asemka to Jalan Pintu Kecil and is looking in a southerly direction. Around the bend in the river on the left are the Toko Tiga and Pancoran areas. On the left-hand side, where houses stand on the edge of the river, the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

625. 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

626. Photo 1224/4(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(63)
Title:
Cochin China. Saigon, Native Houses. Photographer: Émile Gsell
Scope & Content:
General view of a village with thatched houses resting on bamboo platforms built on the water. Visited by the compiler of this album between 16 and 17th February, 1879.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866-1879
Extent:
1 item

627. Photo 1224/4(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(64)
Title:
Cochin China. Saigon, Animite Man. Photographer: Émile Gsell
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of a Vietnamese man, seated at a table, wearing traditional dress and holding a fan in his right hand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1879
Extent:
1 item

628. Photo 1224/4(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(69)
Title:
Cochin China. Animites [Annamites, i.e.Vietnamese]. Photographer: Émile Gsell
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of a woman, seated against a painted backdrop.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1879
Extent:
1 item

629. Photo 1224/4(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(73)
Title:
Gambogia [Cambodia]. King in European Dress. Photographer: Émile Gsell
Scope & Content:
Full-length standing studio portrait of Norodom Preah Bat Samdech Norodom, King of Cambodia, in military uniform.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866-1875
Extent:
1 item

630. Photo 1224/4(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(74)
Title:
Gambogia [Cambodia]. Queen in European Dress. Photographer: Émile Gsell
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated studio portrait of the Queen of Cambodia in European dress.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866-1875
Extent:
1 item