Mormon’s attempt to rise the dead. More:The Dead Sea looking towards Moab April 4th 1839 1855 The Great Cemetry of Scutari. Turkish necropolis,… 1839 Large mummy with a false head,… Read More
Category: 19th Century
King of Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Abdallah I. Ibn Saud.
Sheikh Abdallah I. ibn Saud (1740-1818) from the House of Saud, ruled the First Saudi State and was Imam of the Wahhabi
Dahohman Army. An Amazon. Benin Africa 19th. c.
Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh. An Amazon in the Dahohman Army. From the 17th to the late 19th century Dahomey had women regiments in the army. More:The King’s Musketeers. A French army of 1814… Read More
A Chinaman. Chinese Mandarin and the dog as a sign of dignity.
The dog is a sign of dignity both in China and Siam. It appears at the portrait VAN TA GIN in Barrow’s Travels in China wears on his breast.
Glynneath Wales. Costumes and plaids 19th c.
Glynneath Wales. More:Costumes of Religious Orders. Habits of various… Ecclesiastical Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales 1612. Baroque Swiss folk costumes at the beginning of the 19th century. Switzerland Empire… Read More
Gentleman of Loo Choo in his Cloak. Japan 1816.
Gentleman of Loo Choo in his Cloak More:A Gentleman in the ordinary Portuguese habit. Portugal Theatricals costumes at Nagasaki Japan. Japan Folk Theater. 1857 Usagara, Chief of Mamboya, with his… Read More
Light horse squadron, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Light horse squadron, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Source: The United States of America. A study of the American Commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science,… Read More
A Jelowdar sketched from life. Head of the caravan.
One of the Envoy’s Jelowdar. A person who leads and looks after a horse on the road.
A Loto Seree at the Court of Amarapoorah.
A Loto Seree at the Court of Amarapoorah, Rangoon Burma. More:Japanese Nobleman in court dress, 1810. Japan Mughal Emperor Humayun in the usual court attire of… India Principal court of… Read More
Radack Islands. Inside of a house.
Inside of a house in the Radack Islands. Polynesia. Island nation of the Marshall Islands. More:Main Salon of a Persian Pleasure House. Type of… Persia Resident of Lile Loo-choo, Ryukyu… Read More










