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Photograph of Japanese Officer

Detail of a pattern

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Creator

Sachtler, August
Dates

1861
Physical Description

1 Print (albumen, image 19.3 x 14.4 cm., mounted 26.8 x 21 cm.)
Collection ID

FSA.A2002.05
EDAN ID

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2002-05

Scope and Contents

One sepia monochrome albumen print take from a wet collodion glass plate negative, 20 x 15 cm., by August Sachtler (act. ca. 1860). Captioned "Japanese Officer" in pencil in the lower left margin. On the verso the inscription "Colonol Mann C.B. Royal Engineers" has been written in pencil. Image depicts a seated samurai, dressed in traditional clothing and holding two swords
Local Numbers

FSA A2002.05
Creator

Sachtler, August
Place

Yokohama-shi (Japan)

Japan -- Kanagawa prefecture -- Yokohama
Topic

Samurai
Custodial History

Purchase, 2002.
Archival Repository

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Albumen prints

Portraits
Citation

Photograph of Japanese Officer. FSA.A2002.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Arrangement

One flat box.
Rights

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Genre/Form

Photographs

Albumen prints

Portraits -- Men
Restrictions

Collection is open for research.