Historical Cultural Photography

Vintage photographs depicting indigenous peoples and religious themes, capturing cultural practices and artistic representations from the 19th century.

Photo production of an etching of the cross -decrease in torchlight by Rembrandt van Rijn, Bisson Frères, After Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1848 - in or before 1853 photograph Paris photographic support salted paper print descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross, usually by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms of Christ detached)

Jat zemindars, Hindoos, Rajpootana.. Photographs. 1868 - 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. India, Indigenous peoples , India, Manners & customs , India

Goojur Sardars, Hindoos, Rajpootana.. Photographs. 1868 - 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. India, Indigenous peoples , India, Manners & customs , India

Photo production of an etching of the cross -decrease in torchlight by Rembrandt van Rijn, Bisson Frères, After Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1848 - in or before 1853 photograph Paris photographic support salted paper print descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross, usually by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms of Christ detached)

Italian section, Memorial Hall, Annex. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Theatrical arrangement of a man in a Christian robe and a woman with attributes such as skulls and books. For Attribute are signs with or text: Piron, Parny, Creball. When The Devil Comes Old He Gets Her Charming Hermit.

Chishtees, Mahomedans of Arab origin, Googaira, Mooltan. Photographs. 1868 - 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. India, Indigenous peoples , India, Manners & customs , India

Vilnius. Cathedral, photography of the image of Konstanty Villani - "Baptism of Christ"; Zdanowscy, Edmund and Bolesław; Before 1939 (1930-00-00-1939-00-00);

Obviously of Christ (Pieta), 1660 print The mourning Maria leans with two angels on a block of stone. Christ's head rests on her lap. Next to her are the passion tools thorn crown and nails. Behind her a glimpse to a hilly landscape. This print is part of an album. paper engraving the dead Christ in Mary's lap

St. Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read. Nicolaas Henneman (British, 1813 - 1893)

Her Guardian Angel 1894 St Louis. Albumen print, stereo . Keystone View Co. (Publisher)

Tribulation - Trials of housekeeping, the Cook indisposed.. Underwood & Underwood (American, founded 1881, dissolved 1940s)

Christ in conversation with Nikodemus, Adam von Bartsch, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1782 print paper etching Christ talking with Nicodemus at night (John 3:1-21)

Photo production of a painting of praying people at the West wall in Jerusalem, Anonymous, 1860 - 1900 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support albumen print painting, drawing and the graphic arts. prayer, praying ~ Jewish religion. Tabernacle, Temple, Synagogue, and other sanctuaries ~ Jewish religion

Her guardian angel , Angels, Sleeping, Bedrooms, Children

Wrexham Church, Mrs. Myddelton's Monument.. Unknown maker, British

Postcards of paintings by the Holy Liduina van Schiedam, HRS. Rebers, 1925 - 1933 photograph Album magazine with two postcards to paintings by the Holy Liduina van Schiedam in the St. Liduinabasiliek. Part of the Esperanto album from around 1933-1936. Schiedam paper. photographic support gelatin silver print the virgin Lidwyna (Lydwine) of Schiedam; possible attributes: crucifix, branch of roses in hand, roses in hair Schiedam

Three sculptures of religious figures with the Saint Jesse of Bethlehem, Anonymous, c. 1875 - 1900 paper. photographic support albumen print paper. photographic support albumen print

Etching by Jan Lievens showing the Resolution of Lazarus, pinnate style, around 1631.

Kai-vav-its, a tribe of Pai Utes living on the Kai-bab Plateau near the Grand Cañon of the Colorado in Northern Arizona : Chu-ar-ru-um-peak and his friends. Indians of the Colorado Valley, No. 3 1872. Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Expeditions & surveys , United States

Blessing a wedding in a church, Anonymous, 1852 - 1863 stereograph cardboard. paper albumen print parts of church interior. marriage in church ~ the sixth of the seven sacraments

Morning Chimes United States. photograph .

The shrine of Jizo, guardian god of little children, Kiyomidzu Temple. Kyoto, Japan.. Carleton H. Graves (American, 1867 - 1943)

Photo production from a print to Maria with child by Batolomé Esteban Murillo, Anonymous, After Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1865 - 1900 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard albumen print Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child

Wall of Pharaoh Shishak. .

Oriental scene: Two Odalisques with Hookah ..

Bedawy Clansmen. .

Description: Maori arts and crafts Location: New Zealand newzealand, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Emonts or Emonds, Pierre (n.1831-03-29-D.1912), Church Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre, rue du Mont-Cenis, 18th arrondissement, Paris, 1862, albumin paper. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris. Church Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre, rue du Mont-Cenis, 18th arrondissement. Interior architectural view, works carried out within the church. The parish priest poses in the middle of the nave, with a worker on his left.

Vilnius. Cathedral, photo photography, an unknown painter, "teaching Christ."; Zdanowscy, Edmund and Bolesław; Before 1939 (1930-00-00-1939-00-00);

In the Indian world / in a temple in Bali, Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp, 1916 print Print with title and caption, addition to 'De Amsterdammer'. Signed and dated. Amsterdam paper Asiatic races and peoples (INDONESIANS). carrying something on the head or on the shoulders Bali

Mosaic in the church of Santa Pudenziana in Rome, representing Christ with saints, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph Santa Pupuenti cardboard. photographic support albumen print art (+ mosaic making). interior of church. Christ. saints Santa Pupuenti

Nun of St. Basil, in Choir Dress, 1764, Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, French, 1734 - 1781, 7 1/8 x 5 in. (18.1 x 12.7 cm) (image)9 x 5 3/4 in. (22.86 x 14.61 cm) (plate)10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (26.35 x 18.1 cm) (sheet), Etching, France, 18th century

Personification of divinity; Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica Gente. A console with the personification of divinity, sitting on a cloud. It is a woman with a flame above her head. Two sky globe in her hands with flame. The print is part of an album.

Burial of the Bird. Unknown

Bairagee, Hindoo mendicant friar, Mooltan.. Photographs. 1868 - 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. India, Indigenous peoples , India, Manners & customs , India

Vilnius. Cathedral, photo photography of Bolesław Rusiecki "St. Wacław"; Zdanowscy, Edmund and Bolesław; Before 1939 (1930-00-00-1939-00-00);

At the banquet.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

Photo production from an engraving to charity by Rafaël in the Vatican, Anonymous, After Rafaël, c. 1863 - in or before c. 1868 photograph photographic support albumen print Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carití' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues Vatican Museums

Panama. Church of Santa Ana.. Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, born England, 1830 - 1904)

Five hindu images. Five hindu images on a lawn. In the background specifically Javanese roofs of buildings and a wall. Part of the photo album by the Surabayasche Vereeniging van Sugar manufacturers offered to Frederik Beyerinck, resident of Surabaya.

Street Altar during procession of Corpus Christi Sante Fe, N.M.. William Henry Brown (American, 1844 - 1886)

Photo production from a print to Madonna del Granduca by Rafaël, Anonymous, After Rafaël, 1865 - 1900 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard albumen print Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child

Mummie in Kist, 1879 photograph A metal coffin is leaned against a wheelbarrow lying on its side, the lid of which loosened and folded aside. There is a mummy between the side -folded cloths. In the case of acquisition in May 1889, described as: a corpse, dug up in the last repair and renovation of the Hofkapel in The Hague. The Hague paper mummy Chapel

Description: Pataung women (Kadu clan) from Tawngpeng Location: Burma Date: 1903 burma

Armed monks collect wood for the monasteries in Meteora during the Turkish invasion, Greece, Anonymous, 1897 stereograph Meteorapublisher: Washington D.C. cardboard. paper albumen print monastic orders, monastic life ~ Eastern, Greek and Russian orthodox churches. rock-formations. woodgathering, woodgatherer Meteor

Eight bearers of jewelry from the Sultan in the Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat in Jogyakarta, Indonesia, Kassian Céphas, c. 1883 - in or before 1888 photomechanical print The Kingdom of Hadiningrat paper collotype adolescent, young woman, maiden (+ eight persons). insignia and symbols of sovereignty (crown, diadem, sceptre, orb, seal, standard, cloak, pectoral) The Kingdom of Hadiningrat

Photo production of (presumably) a painting with the apostle Peter. Part of English family album with photos of people, travel, cricket and artworks.

Photo production from a print to Maria Maddalena by Carlo Dolci, Anonymous, After Carlo Dolci, 1865 - 1900 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard albumen print Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child

In the Slave Market, Constantinople. Mac Bean, Forbes. Prints. 1854. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing & dress , Turkey, Blacks , Turkey, Slave trade , Turkey , Istanbul, Slaves , Turkey , Istanbul

Scene in studio: Company in Chinese clothing ..

Portrait of a spiritual with glasses and a rosary around his belt, anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1870 Photograph. visit card Part of photo album with 26 Cartes-de Visite of Roman Catholic clergymen. cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print eyeglasses, spectacles. habit, frock. priest (Roman Catholic)

Photo production of (presumably) a painting with the apostle Petrus, Anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1870 photograph Part of English family album with photos of people, travel, cricket and artworks. paper. photographic support albumen print life and acts of Peter

Timpaan on which the sick are cared for, Anonymous, 1850 - 1900 photograph cardboard. photographic support albumen print parts of church exterior and annexes: tympanum. patient, sick person

Two South African Khoisan men; one smokes a pipe, Esaias Boursse, 1662 The draftsman has signed stains on the face of the left man, perhaps he has albinism. The man wears a small loincloth, and a wide piece around his shoulders and upper body that reasses over his hips. It may be a cloth of textile with frayed edges, or the traditional leather cover of the Khoisan. His cross cover is visible under the cloak. The man on the right is squatting on the slope. Apart from the right shoulder and arm, he is completely dressed in a wide cloak (textile or animal skin) to over his knees. Both his feet are still visible. Between his lips he holds a Gouda pipe with a short broken stem. There is smoke from the pipe head. Blad 98 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Cape of Good Hope paper. ink brush African peoples (KHOISAN). pipe ~ tobacco. (person with) albinism Cape of Good Hope

Choral mantle with the Annunciation to Maria

Kneeling choir beat. A choir beat is kneeling behind a table. A vase of flowers in the foreground. In the background an altar and a window.

Description: Kamberi africa

Jewish Marriage. Van-Lennep, Henry J. (Henry John), 1815-1889. W. Endicott & Co.. Prints, Portraits. 1862. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Turkey , Social life and customs, Marriage customs and rites, Jewish, Wedding clothing & dress

Photo production of a print by E.E. Schäffer of the Madonna dell Granduca by Rafaël, Joseph Cundall (Possible), After E.E SCHäffer, c. 1859 - in or before 1869 photograph photographic support albumen print Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child

Gipsen castings from a bust and two angels, presumably from a reliquary. .

Tesuque Indian making images, Tesuque, New Mexico. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico, Indians of North America , New Mexico, Indians of North America , Arts & crafts, Pueblo Indians , Women , Southwest, New, Tesuque Pueblo (N.M.)

Her guardian angels , Angels, Sleeping, Bedrooms, Children

Bronze church object, relief of Mary with Christ and John, Anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1885 photograph photographic support albumen print representations derived from Holy Family

Muzykal'nye instrumenty (lira, bandura).. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

Geerts in the Geerte-Kerk in Utrecht, during the stay there of the Veenendalers, during the flood in March and April 1855, Anonymous, After C.W. van Dijk, 1855 print Leaf with five faces of the stay of the refugee inhabitants of Veenendaal in the Geerte Kerk in Utrecht during the flood of March and April 1855. Between the images leaf vines and festons, St. Martinus and horns of abundance. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsprinter: Utrecht paper St. Martin divides his cloak (i.e. the charity of St. Martin): he is usually shown on horseback, cutting his cloak with his sword, or putting part of the cloak round the shoulders of a beggar who kneels beside him. interior of church Geertekerk. Veenendaal

3 ee Station. Jesus tombe sous de la cruisse; French; about 1860; Albumen silver print

Indian dance.. Irving, Washington (1783-1859). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Indians of North America, Yoruba (African people) , Rites and ceremonies

Description: Oba Ilorin africa

Road to Jericho, Jordan, Spot where Christ was tempted 1900, West Bank

Horarium Latinum (Hourbage), called Dresdner Prayerbuch

Scene in room: man in cloak and girl in traditional costume pray the rosary ..

Lama, Buddhist priest, Saharunpoor.. Photographs. 1868 - 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. India, Indigenous peoples , India, Manners & customs , India, Buddhist monks, Sahäranpur (India)

God appears to Isaac and forbids him to enter Egypt, Giovanni Lanfranco, After Rafaël, 1607 print Isaac is on a knee in a landscape. For Him, God appears the Father who warns Him not to go to Egypt. On the right a woman under a tree. paper etching God appears to Isaac and warns him not to journey into Egypt

Fotor production of a photo collage or a Passion Play poster in Oberammergau of 1871. Part of English family album with photos of people, travel, cricket and artworks.

Two Metal Monstrans, drawn up at an exhibition on religious objects from the Middle Ages and Renaissance in 1864 in Mechelen, Joseph Maes, 1864 photograph Mechelen photographic support albumen print ostensorium, monstrance. relics (and reliquaries) Mechelen

Sick Squaw & Medicine Man. O.C. Smith (American, active 1860s - 1870s)

Photo production of a painting of a charitable monk by Eduard Daege, Anonymous, After Eduard Daege, 1850 - 1900 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. cardboard. photographic support albumen print monk(s), friar(s). Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carití' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. adult woman

Female "spirit" with three male "spirits" next to table with a cabinet card propped against an album. Attributed to William H. Mumler (American, 1832 - 1884)

Sculpture of colored oak from Maria that hides monks and nuns under her cloak, set up at an exhibition about religious objects from the Middle Ages and Renaissance in 1864 in Mechelen, Joseph Maes, 1864 photograph Mechelen photographic support albumen print piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture (+ wood, e.g.: panel ~ arts). Mother of Mercy, 'Mater Misericordiae', 'Schutzmantelmadonna', 'Schutzmantelmaria' Mechelen

The Christening. London Stereoscopic Company (active 1854 - 1890)

Kindling a Fire by Friction. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of...Pai Utes, living on...Kai-bab Plateau,...Grand Canon...Colorado.... John K. Hillers (American, 1843 - 1925)

Grave monument from Reinoud van Brederode in the Grote Kerk in Vianen, Anonymous (Monumentenzorg) (Attributed to), 1897 photograph Big church photographic support. cardboard albumen print grave-building, monumental tomb Big church

Linnaeus Tripe, Amerapoora, Gautama's Shrine, 1855, Lightly albumenized salt print from waxed paper negative, mounted on paper..

The Guardian Angels...

Etching by Robert Dunkarton, 1791, depicting the repentance of Judas, showing the biblical figure in a moment of remorse and religious context in late 18th-century European style.

Religious still life with a blessed bible, candle, book and watch.in the Bible An Image of the Madonna or Rafael.

Najavo blanket weaving , an Indian hogan (hut) on the Navajo reservation, Arizona. 1908. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona, Indians of North America , Arizona, Weaving , Southwest, New, Indians of North America , Dwellings, Navajo Indians , Arts & crafts

Graf from Pope Gregorius XIII in the Sint-Pietersbasiliek in Vatican City, Neue Photographic Gesellschaft, c. 1900 - c. 1910 stereograph St. Peter's basilica cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print grave, tomb. interior of church

Cole christians, aboriginal, Chota Nagpoor.. Photographs. 1868 - 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. India, Indigenous peoples , India, Manners & customs , India, Chota Nägpur (India), Lutheran converts

Sepulchral Chambers near Bethany. Mayer, Luigi. 1804. Prints. Dorot Jewish Division. Palestine , History, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Bethany

Orientals Tafereel; East subjects ..

Lama (Buddhist priest), Tibetan, Pemianchi, in Tibet.. Photographs. 1868 - 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. India, Indigenous peoples , India, Manners & customs , India, Buddhist monks, Llamas , Peru

Blessing a wedding in a church, Anonymous, 1852 - 1863 stereograph cardboard. paper albumen print marriage in church ~ the sixth of the seven sacraments. parts of church interior

Baptismal fence and pulpit in the Dutch Reformed Church in Ilpendam, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph Dutch Reformed Church cardboard. photographic support interior of church. pulpit, ambo, chancel. rood-screen, choir-screen; iconostasis Dutch Reformed Church

Description: Hausa people, hausa, africa

Third call. Mother wants to know if he is coming , Couples, Courtship, Mothers

Two recordings of a traditional dance, performed by children, anonymous, c. 1950 - c. 1960 photograph photographic support gelatin silver print girl (child between toddler and youth). boy (child between toddler and youth). adolescent, young woman, maiden. ritual music and dancing ~ non-Christian religions Dutch East Indies, The

Portrait of three nobles or aristocrats from Jat origin with a servant; Jat Sirdars. HINDOOS. Rajpootana. .

Vilnius. Cathedral, photo photography of Franciszek Smuglewicz "S. Matheus"; Zdanowscy, Edmund and Bolesław; Before 1939 (1930-00-00-1939-00-00);

Description: Anuradhapura. The Lankáráma Dágoba. Capital of one of the monolithie columns surrounding the Dágoba. Location: Anuradhapura, Ceylon Description: Anuradhapura. Stone sedent figure of Buddha, 7 feet 6 inches high, newly discovered, to the east of the Jétawanáráma Dágoba. Location: Anuradhapura, Ceylon asia, srilanka, ceylon, asiathroughalens

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