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Courtesan with attendant.
Object Number 2003.1.2223.320
Display Title Courtesan with attendant.
Descriptions
Object Description Print from PA-IN60-41, nineteenth century commercial photographic studio views of Japan. Subjects include portaiture as well as studio se-up scenes of Japanese "daily life." Photographs are primarily albumen prints, many with applied color. Many of the photographs in this collection can be found in "A Timely Encounter: 19th Century Photographs of Japan." Photographs were exhibited in Peabody Museum and Wellesley college joint exhibition.
Subject
  • Girl
  • Sandal
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Date 1870s-1880s
Artist Stillfried & Andersen Co.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Albumen print , Print, hand-colored adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 23.5 × 19 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Label on object Gift of Miss Mary Lothrop / Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Credit Line Gift of Miss Mary B. Lothrop
Provenance
Collector Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow
Donor Donated by Mary B. Lothrop

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