Historical Cultural Portraits

A collection of vintage portraits showcasing individuals in traditional costumes from various cultures, evoking a sense of history and diversity.

Man of the Osage people Date: 1862

Portrait of a Shan woman, Myanmar, Felice Beato (attributed to), c. 1890 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Burma. Myanmar paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print adolescent, young woman, maiden. folk costume, regional costume. studio requisites ~ photographer Bonel

Participants in the Makart Festival, group Gartenbau, Josef Löwy -, photographer, publisher

Indigenous children of North America, Black and white photographs of babies, Swaddling, 1905 postcards, 1905, Off For An Airing

Description: Australian aborigines, photographed by J W Lindt: a portfolio of twelve studio portraits, c.1872. Location: Australia Date: c.1872 australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Stefan Baumann, tin founder at the Macart Festival , Victor also, Viktor Angerer -, photographer

Arapaho Maiden. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Northern Vietnam - Tonkin Province - a serene young woman holding a large woven fabric-covered circular object - possibly a tray or a sieve. Date: circa 1910s

Portrait of a Japanese man with sword, Anonymous, 1850 - 1880 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

Palaung Woman. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Man of the Osage people Date: 1862

Participant in the Makart Festival , group of book printer, Josef Löwy -, photographer, publisher

Mrs. Hermann Vezin , Actresses, Vezin, Jane Elizabeth, 1827-1902, Carte de Visite Collection

The translation of the caption of this card is rather lovely: "A great dancer in fancy dress embroidered in gold" La Paz, Bolivia Date: circa 1910s

Card Number 203, Anna Parole, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-5) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.). Date: 1880s.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-5), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the fifth subset, N145-5. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hill Coolies. John Edward Saché (Prussian or British, born Prussia, 1824 - 1882)

Woman Holding Large Pinecone. Louis Fleckenstein, photographer (American, 1866 - 1943) 1907-1943

Nephews. Artist: Alfred Capel Cure (British, 1826-1896). Dimensions: 12.0 x 6.1 cm. (4 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.). Date: 1860. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Alfred Capel Cure.

A woman from Shkodra, Albania. Date: 1919

elderly woman wearing a bonnet and native costume standing, carrying sacks and a parasol; Thomas Edge (British, active 1850s - 1870s); 1865 - 1870; Albumen silver print

Studio Portrait of Sacra, the Indian servant of the family Kessler, Woodbury & Page, 1880 - 1890.

Pi'-ta. Ha-wi'-da-at, Pawnee Chief.

Hugh Wright Civil War victim; Attributed to William H. Bell (American, 1830 - 1910); about 1865; Albumen silver print

Portrait of a woman with lace veil, photograph, photo, photos, height 238 mm, width 178 mm, photographer

Albumin paper photograph by Josef Löwy after 1873 showing whole-figure portraits of actors in rococo dress with a painted park backdrop.

Mr, Bopp at the Makart Festival , group trade, Josef Löwy -, photographer, publisher

Von Ninden; Aug. Becker (German, active 1860s - 1870s); about 1865; Albumen silver print

Clayoquot Woman in Cedar-bark Hat. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Gunga Singh; India; 1858 - 1869; Albumen silver print

Fille de Shanghai 1870s Raimund von Stillfried Austrian. Fille de Shanghai 288510

Girl and Jar - San Ildefonso. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Woman from Southern Russia, Ryazan Governorate, in traditional folk costume ca. 1900.

Costumes, characters, etc. Bethlehem woman 1900, West Bank, Bethlehem

Eastern Saxon Low Procedure. Cooking in the northern Oberlausitz, area between Kamenz - Bautzen - Wittitcheau. Bride (typical eye-catching headgear: high, stiff, black stern tube, top and rear green diamond wreath with artificial flowers and glass beads)

Young Javanese prince on horseback, 1865 - 1890 photograph Studio portrait of a young Javanese prince sat on a horse. Sticked photo in the photo album entitled: Faces of Java. Batavia photographic support albumen print historical persons not known by name. ruler, sovereign. equestrian state-portrait Java. Batavia

Shrimp woman from Katwijk. .

"Sam," the Black Peddlar. Artist: George Kendall Warren (American, 1834-1884). Dimensions: Image: 6 9/16 in. × 5 in. (16.7 × 12.7 cm)Mount: 11 7/16 in. × 8 1/2 in. (29.1 × 21.6 cm). Date: ca. 1858. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: George Kendall Warren.

Portrait of a young boy. Henri Claudet (English, 1828 - 1880)

Zouave and Spahi, Attendants of Maréchal Pelissier; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published March 25, 1856; Salted paper print; 20.1 x 16.5 cm (7 15,16 x 6 1,2 in.)

Group portrait of three unknown women in a garden, Laurens Lodewijk Kleijn (attributed to), c. 1865 - c. 1900 glass wet collodion negative anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait. adult woman (+ three persons). garden

No. 5 - Cotton Spinning.. William Saunders (English, 1832 - 1892)

Portrait of Władysław Wincenty Walewski (1841 - 1896) as a landowner - reaper. Mieczkowski, Jan (1830-1889), photographer

Samoan girl, 1885-1891, Auckland, by W H T Partington.

Hati Wira Takahi Bay of Islands. MÄori chief, Ngapuhi; E. Pulman (New Zealander, active 1860s - 1870s); 1873; Albumen silver print

Boy, 1871-1886, Fiji, by Francis Herbert Dufty.

Chamberlain Alexander Sergeevich Taneev ca. between 1903 and 1904

Nguyen Van Tuong (1824-1886) was a mandarin of the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam. He is known for installing and dethroning three Nguyen emperors in 1883-84: Dc Ðc, Hip Hoà, and Kin Phúc. Eventually Tuong was arrested by the French and, in 1885, deported to Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean where he died in February 1886. In July, his body was returned to his family in Hu.

Girl with a Sitar 1850s Unknown. Girl with a Sitar 287770

Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay-Indonesian archipelago of Nusantara during the Colonial era. Members of this community in Malaysia identify themselves as 'Nyonya-Baba' or 'Baba-Nyonya'. Nyonya is the term for the females and Baba for males. It applies especially to the ethnic Chinese populations of the British Straits Settlements of Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of Java and other locations, who adopted partially or in full Malay-Indonesian customs to become partially assimilated into the local communities. While the term Peranakan is most commonly used among the ethnic Chinese for those of Chinese descent also known as Straits Chinese, it may also be applied to the Baba-Yaya community in Phuket and other provinces of southern Thailand.

Couple in Fancy Dress. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Portrait of a Derwish, Antoine Sevruguin, c. 1880 - c. 1895 photograph Part of Reisalbum by H. Dunlop with photos of sights in Persia, Scotland, Germany, Russia, China and Canada. Middle East paper. photographic support albumen print monk(s), friar(s). religious communities ~ Islam, Mohammedanism Persia

Woman in Traditional Dress. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Auguste Giraudon's Artist, Peasant, c 1870 Peasant

Portrait of an Indonesian woman, Woodbury & Page, 1857 - 1880 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Java photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons - BB - woman

Francies Gaul Jun, - , malice, Josef LÖöwy -, Photographs

Portrait of M. and Mme. Jean-Gabriel Eynard. Date/Period: Ca. 1845. Photograph. Daguerreotype (Cased object).

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Rocky Bear, Sioux; Adolph F. Muhr (American, died 1913), Frank A. Rinehart (American, 1861 - 1928); 1899; Platinum print; 23.7 x 18.3 cm (9 3,8 x 7 3,16 in.)

Woman with Parasol. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb Alexander Russell Webb in Middle Eastern attire. Webb, Alexander Russell, 1846-1916. Portraits, Photographs. 1892. General Research Division. Islam, Webb, Alexander Russell, 1846-1916

Seated Aboriginal. 1880 - 1881. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Portrait of actor in stage costume - dressed as a fisherman (entire figure, atelier photograph). unknown, photographer

Man standing, smoking pipe, with basket on head and another under one arm. Unknown

Photograph by Axel Lindahl showing two locals from Fjeldlap with Fin brands, printed on albumin paper between 1860-1896, documenting clothing and cultural details.

Banner bearer of the Gürtler at the Macart Festival , Josef Löwy -, photographer, publisher

Willem Witsen as a child. .

Portrait of an unknown Khas man from Nepal, c. 1858 - in or before 1868 photograph Nepal photographic support albumen print human races; peoples; nationalities

Surroundings of Prizren, Kosovo, Serbia Young Village Serbian Serbian , 1913 - Balkans - Jean Brunhes and Auguste Léon - (April 23 - June 9) (French - Environs de Prizren , Kosovo , Serbie Jeune mariée villageoise serbe). Woman, party costume, wedding, portrait, hairstyle , headgear, Human beings, clothing, society, Serbia, Prizren surroundings, young village bride

Participant in the Macart Festival , Theodor Siegel, Photographer

Japanese Lady. Unknown, photographer 1860s-1870s Full-length portrait of a Japanese woman in a kimono, holding a fan in one hand. Behind her is a hanging scroll and a "koto," a traditional Japanese zither-like instrument. (Recto, mount) lower center, below image, in purple ink: "Japanese lady";

Singhalese girl

Filles de Lanxchow. Artist: Unknown. Dimensions: 23.7 x 19.2 cm (9 5/16 x 7 9/16 in.). Date: 1870s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mendiants. Unknown, photographer about 1870-1880 Two figures dressed in beggars costumes. A man is wearing harem pants and a partially buttoned shirt. He is holding one hand out with his palm raised up and has a staff in his other hand. The figure beside him, possibly a woman, is draped from head to foot in robes. The cloth covers part of the figure's face. (Recto, print) lower left, inscribed in the negative: "Mendiants."; (Recto, print) lower right, inscribed in the negative: "No 87";

African American member of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, c. 1890-1900. He wears fraternal order collar and apron. His collar is embroidered with a three links symbol on the left and the sun on the right (BSLOC_2017_20_114)

Studio portrait of a Japanese woman on a chair ..

A Mandarin and Friends. Milton M. Miller (American, 1830 - 1899)

A street performer carrying a musical instrument. Watercolour by an Indian artist.

Chief of the Kavalli tribe smoking a long pipe. Africa. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1889 by Henry Morton Stanley (1841 - 1904) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1890

Actress in kimono in the doorway with a door overlooking the outside, bas-reliefs on the walls Actress in kimono in the doorway with a door overlooking the outside, bas-reliefs on the walls. Anonymous photography, around 1900.

print; Colonel William Willoughby Hooper (British, 1837 - 1912); India; about 1870; Albumen silver print

Shan Princess Description: Shan Princess. Location: Rangoon, Burma Date: 1907 burma, philipklier

Portrait of an unknown man from the Nareja-Stam from Sindh, c. 1862 - in or before 1872 photograph Sindh photographic support albumen print human races; peoples; nationalities. head-gear: hat

Aboriginal man, 1860s, New South Wales, maker unknown.

Estonian peasant children in the Russian Empire 1910

Port-Said, Egypt, Africa two Armenian refugees in front of a tent in the camp , 1918 - Near East, Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (January 9 -October 6) (French - Port-Saïd , Egypte , Afrique Deux réfugiées arméniennes devant une tente dans le campement). Woman, costume, ethnic minority, tent, group portrait, dishes, hairstyle , headgear, Human beings, clothing, society, Egypt, Port-Said, Armenian refugee camp

Photo of a 125-year-old woman. unknown, photographer

Portrait of Jean Baptiste Ka-Ja-Roe, Friedrich Carel Hisgen, 1883-1884 photomechanical print Portrait of Jean Baptiste Ka-Ja-Roe, a Caribb from Suriname, photographed at the international colonial and output trade exhibition, Amsterdam 1883. Amsterdam paper collotype adult man. historical persons Amsterdam

Eastern Man with White Beard, Standing 1860s Unknown. Eastern Man with White Beard, Standing 263209

Group portrait of three British Indian girls in Calcutta; Calcutta, portrait of three British Indian cooling girls in Indian pregnant in Atelier. Part of photo album with recordings of sights in Europe, Trinidad, Haiti, Martinique and Suriname.

Portrait of native American woman in front of teepee. Upton's Minnesota and northwestern views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota, Indians of North America

Burmese Princesses. Date/Period: 1888 - 1893. Print. Albumen silver. Height: 249 mm (9.80 in); Width: 187 mm (7.36 in). Author: Felice Beato.

Portrait of three unknown bhurtiya men from India with sticks; Bhurs. Supppined Aboriginal. Old. .

PortraT van Amalia Fri -Mason, Friedrich Carel Hisgen, 1883 - 1884 photomechanical print Portrait of Amalia Fri-Mason, a Surinamese woman of African and European origin, photographed on the international colonial and output trade exhibition, Amsterdam 1883. Amsterdam paper collotype adult woman. historical persons Amsterdam

Albumin photograph of actors holding a bell and basket, demonstrating costume, posture, and props, framed in a small passe-partout.

Portrait of Jacqueline Ricket, Friedrich Carel Hisgen, 1883 - 1884 photomechanical print Portrait of Jacqueline Ricket, a Surinamese woman of African origin, photographed on the international colonial and output trade exhibition, Amsterdam 1883. Amsterdam paper collotype adult woman. historical persons Amsterdam

Young man sporting the National Costume of Montenegro, a brolly and a cigarette in a fine photographic studio setting 1910s

Morocco. A woman of the country, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

Man in Loincloth with Strands of Beads. Artist: Unknown. Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.4 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.). Date: 1860s-70s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mahbouba Um Zunuba. (Soudanese woman.) / Franklin Co. Eng., Chi. | Library of Congress

Three Bedouins men with weapons; S 64. Bedouins Cheiks from Judaea. Syria.; Syria. The photo is part of the photo series from Syria collected by Richard Polak.

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