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Coolie

National Museum of Asian Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
R145 (Rosin Number) FSA A1999.35 145
General
Rosin number 145.
Title taken from description of print on verso.
A rare description of the print is on verso. This description details the life of the "Coolie," also known in Japanese as "Ninsoku."
Photographer
Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
Collector
Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
Rosin, Nancy
Photographer
Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
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
Laborers
Portraits
Photographer
Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
Collector
Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
Rosin, Nancy
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Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
Biographical / Historical
Felice Beato was born in Venice around 1825. During his lifetime, he accompanied the British troops in India, recording images of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, and the Franco-British troops in China to cover the end of the Second Opium War in 1859. With his friend Charles Wirgman, Beato opened a photography studio in Yokohama, Japan in the early 1860s, and produced many images of the Japanese and their lifestyle, as interpreted by the Westerners. Selling his studio to Baron von Stillfried in 1877, Beato eventually died in Burma around 1908.
Extent
1 Item (Photographic print : on mount 47.6 x 39.4 cm, hand coloring, image 26.9 x 21.5 cm.)
Date
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Container
Box 10, Item R145
Archival Repository
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Identifier
FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 145
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 laborer stands with his staff and rope next to a wall in an outdoor setting.
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1643210100175-1643210104548-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc30ef38bd7-59c5-49b7-988c-0caa66ba44f5

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