Period:Unknown Production date:1865
Materials:paper
Technique:albumen printing
Subjects:costume/clothing personal accessory
Dimensions:Height: 9.60 centimetres (image) Height: 10.10 centimetres (mount) Width: 6 centimetres (image) Width: 6.30 centimetres (mount)
Description:
Photograph (black and white) from an album; carte de visite; portrait of two Chinese men, Chang Woo Gow and Chung Mow, standing in front of a neutral backdrop; they both wear hats, silk robes and cloth boots; they both hold fans; Chung Mow stands on a chair; London. Albumen print
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Comments:From an album of 176 photographs in carte-de-visite format, by various photographers, including Lindt, Damman, Pulman and others, depicting depicting peoples of the Pacific, as well as Africa, Asia and South America..Production and Association: This photograph is mentioned in an article in the newspaper The Morning Advertiser, London, Friday, 15 September 1865, p. 3d. In that article both men are identified and the circumstances of taking the photo are explained.
Materials:paper
Technique:albumen printing
Subjects:costume/clothing personal accessory
Dimensions:Height: 9.60 centimetres (image) Height: 10.10 centimetres (mount) Width: 6 centimetres (image) Width: 6.30 centimetres (mount)
Description:
Photograph (black and white) from an album; carte de visite; portrait of two Chinese men, Chang Woo Gow and Chung Mow, standing in front of a neutral backdrop; they both wear hats, silk robes and cloth boots; they both hold fans; Chung Mow stands on a chair; London. Albumen print
IMG
Comments:From an album of 176 photographs in carte-de-visite format, by various photographers, including Lindt, Damman, Pulman and others, depicting depicting peoples of the Pacific, as well as Africa, Asia and South America..Production and Association: This photograph is mentioned in an article in the newspaper The Morning Advertiser, London, Friday, 15 September 1865, p. 3d. In that article both men are identified and the circumstances of taking the photo are explained.
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