lot 4339

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[Studio portraits of Japanese women, the wife of an officer, and a high official in court dress]

[Studio portraits of Japanese women, the wife of an officer, and a hig...

Captions on front of item: "A half face pose showing style of powdering the neck" (upper left); ""As pensive I thought," &c." (upper right); "Wife of native officer" (lower left); and "Japanese high official i... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer in riding clothes, a student, a police officer and an infantry officer]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer in riding clothes, a student, ...

Captions on front of item: "A young Japanese officer in riding habilments" (upper left); "A Japanese student" (upper right); "A Japanese police officer" (lower left); and "Japanese infantry officer" (lower rig... More

[Studio portraits of the Commandant of Yokohama Garrison, a cabinet official (member of the "Gorogio"), three women friends and a wrestler]

[Studio portraits of the Commandant of Yokohama Garrison, a cabinet of...

Captions on front of item: "The Commandant of Yokohama Garrison" (upper left); "One of the Gorogio" (upper right); "Three friends meeting" (lower left); and "Japanese wrestlers in everyday garb" (lower right)... More

[Portraits of the executioner of Kanagawa with sword and prisoner, the head of Hayashida Tciken, and Chinese women, including one from "Foochau"]

[Portraits of the executioner of Kanagawa with sword and prisoner, the...

Captions on front of item: "Executioner of Kanagawa" (upper left); [no caption] (upper right); "Chinese women" (lower left); and "Foochau woman" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Executioner of Kanagaw... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese officers (yaconin) and a high priest dressed in robes]

[Studio portraits of Japanese officers (yaconin) and a high priest dre...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese calvary officer" (upper left); "Japanese officer" (upper right); "A Japanese officer (Yaconin)" (lower left); and "Japanese high priest in full canonicals" (lower right). C... More

[Embossed red leather album back cover]

[Embossed red leather album back cover]

In album: Japanese and Chinese portraits, [back cover]. Public domain photograph of leather object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer, a girl in indoor dress, a blind "shampooer" (masseur), and an officer in a straw raincoat]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer, a girl in indoor dress, a bli...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese officer in gala costume" (upper left); "Japanese girl in indoor costume" (upper right); "Blind shampooer" (lower left); and "A Japanese officer (yaconin) in straw raincoat"... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese botanist's wife, a married woman, a woman from the country and a laborer with a broom]

[Studio portraits of Japanese botanist's wife, a married woman, a woma...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese botanist's wife" (upper left); "Japanese married lady" (upper right); "A Japanese country girl" (lower left); and "A Japanese "nanso kow" or coolie" (lower right). Captions... More

[Outdoor portraits of a Japanese officers on horseback and studio portraits of young women, one with a spaniel and the other holding a parasol]

[Outdoor portraits of a Japanese officers on horseback and studio port...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese officer on horseback" (upper left); "A Japanese mounted officer" (upper right); "Girl in everyday dress and Japanese spaniel" (lower left); and "Japanese singing girls" (lo... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese merchant in winter dress, a woman in winter dress, a wrestler wearing an apron, and a courier with a document on a slotted pole]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese merchant in winter dress, a woman in w...

Captions on front of item: "Merchant in winter dress" (upper left); "Female winter dress" (upper right); "Wrestler with apron - prize awarded by Prince of Satsuma" (lower left); and "Courrier and mode of carry... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer (yaconin) with wife and son, a woman, a child in antique armor, and a merchant's daughter]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer (yaconin) with wife and son, a...

Captions on front of item: "A Japanese officer (yaconin) wife and son" (upper left); "Japanese girl in everyday costume" (upper right); "Ancient style of armour" (lower left); and "Merchant's daughter" (lower ... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese laborer, a doctor, an elderly woman carrying vegetables in a basket and a young woman]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese laborer, a doctor, an elderly woman ca...

Captions on front of item: "A Japanese coolie" (upper left); "The Japanese doctor in indoor costume" (upper right); "Old countrywoman with vegetables" (lower left); and "A Yokohama Belle" (lower right). Captio... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese merchant, a water carrier, a high priest and his attendant,  and a woman with a child]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese merchant, a water carrier, a high prie...

Captions on front of item: "Native merchant" (upper left); "Water carrier" (upper right); "A Japanese high priest and his attendant" (lower left); and "Japanese woman and child" (lower right). Captions on bac... More

[Portraits of Japanese officers in a tea house, an ox cart, people playing cards, and three women]

[Portraits of Japanese officers in a tea house, an ox cart, people pla...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese officers resting at tea house" (upper left); "A Japanese oxdray or cart - Yedo" (upper right); "A group of Japanese playing at cards" (lower left); and "Three friends meeti... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese women and Satsuma's admiral]

[Studio portraits of Japanese women and Satsuma's admiral]

Captions on front of item: "The "Belle" again" (upper left); "Satsuma's admiral" (upper right); "A Japanese girl dressed à la mode (lower left); and "A Japanese country dress" (lower right). Captions on back o... More

[Studio portraits of  a Japanese woman, an officer's wife, two women, and two sisters]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese woman, an officer's wife, two women, ...

Captions on front of item: "The Belle of Yokohama" (upper left); "Japanese officers wife" (upper right); "A Japanese girl in traveling costume" (lower left); and "Two Japanese sisters in holiday costume" (low... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese woman singer with a shamisen, a priest wearing robes, and women]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese woman singer with a shamisen, a priest...

Captions on front of item: "Street singing girls" (upper left); "Japanese "Bonzan" or priest" (upper right); "Japanese girl in outdoor costume" (lower left); and "Ordinary Japanese girl" (lower right). Caption... More

[Portraits of Japanese guards, a woman washing herself, a prisoner with a police examiner, and a woman playing a shamisen]

[Portraits of Japanese guards, a woman washing herself, a prisoner wit...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese guardhouse men" (upper left); "A Japanese girl at toilet" (upper right); "Japanese prisoner and police examiner" (lower left); and "A Japanese girl and the universal guitar... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer, a doctor in traveling dress, man in fire fighting outfit, and a Japanese army surgeon with fan]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer, a doctor in traveling dress, ...

Captions on front of item: "An officer in winter dress" (upper left); "The Japanese doctor in traveling dress" (upper right); "Japanese in fire dress" (lower left); and "A Japanese army surgeon" (lower right).... More

[Embossed red leather album cover]

[Embossed red leather album cover]

In album: Japanese and Chinese portraits, [front cover]. Public domain photograph of leather object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Studio portraits of  a Japanese fishmonger, a lancer, a doctor and the daughter of a merchant]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese fishmonger, a lancer, a doctor and th...

Captions on front of item: "Fishmonger" (upper left); "Japanese lancer" (upper right)"; "The Japanese doctor, in outdoor costume" (lower left); and [no caption] (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Fishm... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer (yaconin) and his family; a widow in mourning and her son, women street dancers and a girl fencing with a man]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer (yaconin) and his family; a wi...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese officer (Yaconin), wife and daughter" (upper left); "Japanese widow of the upper class in mourning (shaven head) and her son" (upper right); "Street dancers" (lower left); ... More

[Japanese curio shop, a street cart and portraits of a Japanese family and officials]

[Japanese curio shop, a street cart and portraits of a Japanese family...

Captions on front of item: "Interior of Japanese curio shop" (upper left); "Street cart" (upper right)"; "A Japanese Daimio's family group in state dress" (lower left); and "Japanese high officers" (lower righ... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese people picnicing and eating, officers fencing, and women playing a shamisen and a koto]

[Studio portraits of Japanese people picnicing and eating, officers fe...

Captions on front of item: "A picnic group" (upper left); "Japanese supper" (upper right)"; "Japanese officers fencing" (lower left); and "Music girls" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "A picnic group... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese women, a child officer with his mother, and a student from Shindai]

[Studio portraits of Japanese women, a child officer with his mother, ...

Captions on front of item: "Declining the honor" (upper left); "Japanese girl in every day costume" (upper right); "A young officer (Yaconin) and mother" (lower left); and ""Yoko" a student from Shindai" (lowe... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese mendicants, scavengers (garbage men) and a laborer]

[Studio portraits of Japanese mendicants, scavengers (garbage men) and...

Photographs show Japanese monks? begging, two men (scavengers) carrying basket with pole, and a porter or laborer wearing loin cloth for summer and full dress including conical hat for other seasons. Captions ... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese woman with tea implements and chest,  a prince with his staff, government officials, and a Daimio (nobleman) with his wife ]

[Studio portraits of Japanese woman with tea implements and chest, a ...

Captions on front of item: "Native mode of dressing" (upper left); "Japanese prince and staff" (upper right)"; "A group of Japanese officers in court dress" (lower left); and "Japanese Daimio and wife" (lower ... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese women carrying children, two men with swords, a sweetmeat vendor with a "flageolet" and basket, and a girl carrying an umbrella and a fan]

[Studio portraits of Japanese women carrying children, two men with sw...

Captions on front of item: "Native mode of carrying children" (upper left); "Daimio's commissioner" (upper right); "Sweetmeat vendor with flageolet" (lower left); and "Japanese girls and mode of carrying umbre... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese broom vendor, a naval officer, a woman, and women street singers]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese broom vendor, a naval officer, a woman...

Captions on front of item: "A traveling vendor of brooms" (upper left); "Japanese naval officer" (upper right); "A Yokohma belle" (lower left); and "Street singer" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "72.... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese women and men]

[Studio portraits of Japanese women and men]

Captions on front of item: "Japanese girl in indoor costume" (upper left); "Japanese officer of finance" (upper right)"; "Japanese Lady's maid" (lower left); and "Japanese country girl" (lower right). Captions... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese "betto" (groom), a high official in court attire, a courtesan and a pilgrim or priest, wearing white robes and carrying a bell]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese "betto" (groom), a high official in co...

Captions on front of item: "A vociferous "betto" or groom" (upper left); "Japanese high official in court attire" (upper right); [no caption] (lower left); and "Japanese pilgrim" (lower right). Captions on bac... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese tattooed "bettoes" (horse grooms), a mother carrying child on her back, and two young sisters]

[Studio portraits of Japanese tattooed "bettoes" (horse grooms), a mot...

Captions on front of item: ""Betto" or groom, tattooed à la mode" (upper left); ""Betto" or groom, tattooed à la mode" (upper right verso); "Mother and child" (lower left); and "Sisters" (lower right). Captio... More

[Studio portraits of "Stots-Bashi" (Yoshinobu Tokugawa, last shogun of Japan), the Prince of Satsuma, an officer with his attendant, and a young woman in bridal clothing]

[Studio portraits of "Stots-Bashi" (Yoshinobu Tokugawa, last shogun of...

Captions on front of item: "Stots-Bashi, Tycoon of Japan, in full court costume, photographed by F.W. Sutton, C." (upper left);"Prince of Satsuma" (upper right); "An officer and his attendant" (lower left); an... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese women and men]

[Studio portraits of Japanese women and men]

Captions on front of item: "A Japanese girl and attendant with "shibatchi" tinder box" (upper left); "Japanese high officer" (upper right)"; "Fencing girl - another pose" (lower left); and "A group of Japanes... More

[Portraits of a Chinese woman from Canton, a man mending a pot, a woman from "Foochau", and a soldier]

[Portraits of a Chinese woman from Canton, a man mending a pot, a woma...

Captions on front of item: "Native Canton" (upper left); "The crockery mender" (upper right); "Foochau woman" (lower left); and "Chinese soldier" (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper le... More

[Portraits of a Chinese boy with a tray, a woman from Hong Kong, a group of laborers, and three women]

[Portraits of a Chinese boy with a tray, a woman from Hong Kong, a gro...

Captions on front of item: "Boy with tray" (upper left); "Native of Hong Kong" (upper right); "Group of coolie" (lower left); and "Group of Chinese" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Boy with tray" (up... More

Portrait photo of Compradore - Public domain portrait print

Portrait photo of Compradore - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese "compradore", full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with pipe. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Compradore. The Chinese compradore may be looked upon as the... More

Group of Chinese women - Public domain portrait print

Group of Chinese women - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows three Chinese women, two seated, one standing. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back of item: "Group of Chinese women. The gentler sex are all particularly fond of adorning their h... More

Foochau woman - Public domain portrait print

Foochau woman - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Foochau, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009) In al... More

Chinese woman - Public domain portrait print

Chinese woman - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese woman, half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Caption on back of item: "Chinese women. Although the distinction between the size of the feet seems to constitute "Caste" among C... More

Buy a broom - Public domain weapon print

Buy a broom - Public domain weapon print

Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing in street, facing front, holding brooms and a basket. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: R... More

Headdress, coolie - Public domain weapon print

Headdress, coolie - Public domain weapon print

Photograph shows a Chinese laborer, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding pole with cord on end. Title from front of item. Caption on back : "Coolie. Armed with a strong light bamboo from four t... More

Portrait photo of Ablutions - Public domain scan / print

Portrait photo of Ablutions - Public domain scan / print

Photograph shows a Chinese woman, seated in chair, washing her feet in a basin. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back of item: "Ablutions. It is frequently asserted and generally believed that Chin... More

[Portraits of a Chinese policeman with prisoners, a person being carried in a sedan chair, a group of women and a barber]

[Portraits of a Chinese policeman with prisoners, a person being carri...

Captions on front of item: "Policeman with prisoners" (upper left); "Chinese chair" (upper right); "Group of men" (lower left); and "Barber" (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper left); ... More

[Portraits of a Chinese women purchasing jewelry, women from Macau, people in a boat, and the "toutai" (magistrate) of Shanghai] with an attendant]

[Portraits of a Chinese women purchasing jewelry, women from Macau, pe...

Captions on front of item: "Purchasing jewellry [i.e., jewelry]" (upper left); "Native of Macao" (upper right); "Group in a passenger boat" (lower left); and "Toutai of Shanghai" (lower right). Captions on bac... More

Old man in spectacles - Public domain portrait print

Old man in spectacles - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows an elderly Chinese man wearing eyeglasses, full-length portrait, standing in street, facing front. Title from front and back of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Sou... More

Street vendors - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Street vendors - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photograph shows a Chinese food vendor with a customer eating out of a bowl. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Street vendors. As a rule a large portion of the lower class of Chinese, especi... More

[Portraits of a Chinese man selling vegetables, a woman and child beggar, a woman from Macau, and a bureaucrat (Mandarin)]

[Portraits of a Chinese man selling vegetables, a woman and child begg...

Captions on front of item: "Crying vegetables" (upper left); "Beggars" (upper right); "Native Macao" (lower left); and "Mandarins" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Crying vegetables" (upper left); [no... More

[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in a canque, a woman washing her feet and a toy seller]

[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in ...

Captions on front of item: "Beggars" (upper left); "Punishment of the canque" (upper right); "Ablutions" (lower left); and "Toy seller" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Beggars" (upper left); [no capt... More

[Chinese people in a sampan and canal boat, women in a wheelbarrow, and a street cobbler]

[Chinese people in a sampan and canal boat, women in a wheelbarrow, an...

Captions on front of item: "Sampans" (upper left); "Canal boats" (upper right); "Passenger barrow" (lower left); and "The street cobbler" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Sampans" (upper left); "Canal... More

Portrait photo of Mandarins - Public domain portrait print

Portrait photo of Mandarins - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese mandarin (government official), full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title from front of item. Caption from back of item: Civil officer. foreigners have been in the habit of c... More

Headdress, Canton woman - Public domain portrait print

Headdress, Canton woman - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding umbrella. Title from back of item. Caption written on front of item misidentifies image as " Coolie". Caption on back conti... More

Native Macao - Public domain portrait print

Native Macao - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Macao, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding umbrella. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thir... More

Toutai of Shanghai - Public domain portrait print

Toutai of Shanghai - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese judge of Shanghai, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding pipe, with attendant next to him. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Toutai of Shanghai. The ... More

Agricultural laborer - Public domain portrait print

Agricultural laborer - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese agricultural laborer, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding a large scythe with a child next to him. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Agricultural... More

[Studio portraits of a Chinese bureaucrat (mandarin), a civil officer, a Buddhist priest and a woman ]

[Studio portraits of a Chinese bureaucrat (mandarin), a civil officer,...

Captions on front of item: "Mandarins" (upper left); "Civil officer" (upper right); "Buddhist priest" (lower left); and "Chinese woman." (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper left); "Civ... More

Punishment of the canque - Public domain portrait drawing

Punishment of the canque - Public domain portrait drawing

Photograph shows a Chinese man, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with his head in a canque. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez... More

Boy with tray - Public domain portrait print

Boy with tray - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese man, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding a tray on which are bottles for cocktails. Title from front and back of item. Caption continues on back: "...The tray eviden... More

Native of Hong Kong - Public domain portrait print

Native of Hong Kong - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding an umbrella. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009... More

[Chinese men playing "Chai Moi" (finger game),  street vendors with carts selling food; and a group of men, women and children]

[Chinese men playing "Chai Moi" (finger game), street vendors with ca...

Captions on front of item: "Chinese game of Chai Moi" (upper left); "Street vendors" (upper right); "Street vendors" (lower left); and "Groups of figures" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Chinese game... More

[Portraits of a Chinese peddler, a woman selling brooms, a woman from Canton, and a laborer]

[Portraits of a Chinese peddler, a woman selling brooms, a woman from ...

Captions on front of item: "Peddler" (upper left); "Buy a broom" (upper right); "Coolie" (lower left); and "Headdress coolie" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Peddler" (upper left); [no caption] (up... More

[Portraits of a Chinese woman holding a boy, an elderly man wearing glasses, two women, and a two needlewomen with baskets]

[Portraits of a Chinese woman holding a boy, an elderly man wearing gl...

Captions on front of item: "Small piecy bull chilo" (upper left); "Old man in spectacles" (upper right); "Chinese women" (lower left); and "Needlewomen" (lower right). Captions on back of item:"Small piecy bul... More

Foochau woman - Public domain portrait print

Foochau woman - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Foochau, half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009) In al... More