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Photographic Prints of Asia

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Creator

Scowen & Co.
Dates

undated
Physical Description

4 Prints
Collection ID

FSA.A2017.09
EDAN ID

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2017-09

Scope and Contents

Four 19th/early 20th century prints: 1 unmounted gelatin silver rural scene in Peshawar by R.B. Holmes. 23.8 x 29.3 cm.; 1 unmounted gelatin silver scene of Afghan men by R.B. Holmes. 23.8 x 29.3 cm.18.6 x 14.3 cm.; 1 unmounted albumen print of 2 Sri Lankan young men with fruit by Scowen Studio. 21.4 x 27.8 cm.; 1 umounted albumen print of Japanese men moving rice bales by Suzuki Shin'ichi Studio.
Local Numbers

FSA A2017.09
Creator

Scowen & Co.
Place

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Ceylon

Sri Lanka

Japan

Yokohama-shi (Japan)
Custodial History

Purchase, 2017.
Archival Repository

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

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Albumen prints
Citation

Photographic Prints of Asia. FSA.A2017.09. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Arrangement

One flat box.
Genre/Form

Photographs

Albumen prints
Restrictions

Collection is open for research.