Adoo Quamina in war dress, a captain and courtier to the Ashanti king at Coomassie (Kumasi).
Adoo Quamina in war dress. Ashanti Ghana.
Category: 19th Century
Hindu Asamese. The Moamariah. Ethnology of Bengal.
Moamariahs are not all of the same caste or race; but the majority are Ahoms.
Dessins de broderie. France 1818.
Dessins de broderie Embroidery designs. France 1818. More:Costumes of Religious Orders. Habits of various… Ecclesiastical Folk costumes from the different regions of France.… France The Mignons of Henri III. of… Read More
Atta Troll. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Heinrich Heine.
Atta Troll. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a narrative poem by Heinrich Heine. Atta Troll is one of the most virtuosic works Heines. German Romantic.
Group of Mizhu or Mizu Mishmis Tribe. Ethnology of Bengal.
Of the Mishmi tribe who are in habits of intercourse with Asam, the Miju or Mizhu live in the farthest East.
Sri Lanka Tamils. Portraits of two malabar girls in their traditional costume.
Portraits of two malabar girls of Si Lanka. Malabar (Malayalam) is a region in India of today’s state of Kerala.
Vincenzo Belluti. Dragoman of Malta. Guide in the Middle East.
Dragoman Vincenzo Belluti as guide interpreter, cook, and general servant, in their Tour up the Nil by Lady Catherine Tobin.
Students from Heidelberg, 1840.
Students from Heidelberg, ca. 1840. Romantic era. More:Papua New Guinea warrior in 1840 Indonesia Upper class Chinese nobility in 1840. 19th Century A follower of Sufism. Sufi orders. Persian dervish… Read More
Postilion and Innkeeper, Baden.
Postilion and Innkeeper from Baden, Germany. Around Kehl, ca. 1840. More:Japanese dancers in posture and gestures. Japan The Japanese Sword and Its Decoration Japan The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter… Read More
Peasants from Baden.
Peasants from Baden, ca. 1840. Paysan et Paysannes Badois.Source: L’été à Bade par Eugène Guinot. Illustré par Tony Johannot, Eugène Lami, Français et Daubigny Jaquemot. Troisèime Edition, revue corrigée. Paris,… Read More