One accordion album (19.5x x 15.5 x 3.5 cm.) of 46 hand tinted albumen prints of scenes and studio constructs of Japan. Covers are red lacquer with gold and silver decoration and ivory inlays. One inlay is lost and the covers are separated from the album. Prints are held loosely to the pages by pasted paper corners. . Album is likely a Yokohama studio creation of the 1890s, probably from the studio of Tamamura Kōzaburō.
玉村 康三郎 横浜写真
Local Numbers
FSA A2016.01
Creator
Bromley, General Charles V.
Tamamura, Kozaburo, 1856-19??
Place
Japan
Yokohama-shi (Japan)
Custodial History
Gift of Shelby Conley.
Archival Repository
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Albumen prints
Photographs
Albums
Citation
General & Mrs. Charles V. Bromley album of Photographs of Japan, FSA A2016.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Arrangement
in a box
Rights
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Genre/Form
Photographs
Albumen prints
Albums
Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Repository Contact
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
National Museum of Asian Art Archives
Washington, D.C. 20013 AVRreference@si.edu