One of the photographer's colorists
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- R135 (Rosin Number) FSA A1999.35 135
- General
- Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin.
- Photographer
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- Photographer
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Collection Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Collection Creator
- Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
- Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
- Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
- Collection Collector
- Rosin, Nancy
- Collection Creator
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Underwood & Underwood
- Place
- Asia
- Japan
- Topic
- Photography -- Japan
- Photography -- 19th century
- Artisans -- Japan
- Portraits
- Photographer
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- See more items in
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
- Biographical / Historical
- Baron von Stillfried was an Austrian noble who arrived in Japan in 1868. In 1871, von Stillfried opened a photo studio in Yokohama under the name, Messrs. Stillfried & Co. In 1877, in partnership with Hermann Anderson, von Stillfried bought Felice Beato's studio and negatives, and continued to take photographs of Japanese people. He eventually left Japan for Hong Kong in 1881.
- Extent
- 1 Item (Photographic print : on mount 31 x 46.6 cm, hand coloring, image 21.1 x 27.3 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1875
- Container
- Box 20, Item R135
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 135
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Collection Citation
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- A Japanese colorist sits amongst paper scrolls and half finished photographs. Two Japanese print screens are propped against the shoji screen in the background.
- According to Henry Rosin, this photo was taken in Beato's studio before it was purchased by Baron von Stillfried. The shoji screen in the background was used by Stillfried in many of his subsequent photographs.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643210100175-1643210104541-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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