Native of Vinh Long, Mekong Delta, Vietnam 1895. Indigene de Vinh-Long.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
Armenian lady of Constantinople.
Ottoman Empire. Costume of Armenian lady of Constantinople 1850. Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes, by Franz Lipperheide.
Corpse incineration. La Crémation dans l’Inde. Sri Lanka 1895.
A Hindu priest, brahmane takes the traditional burial rite. La Crémation dans l’Inde.
Tonkin Woman smoking Opium. North Vietnam 1895.
Tonkin Woman smoking Opium. North Vietnam 1895. Femme fumant de l’opium.
Portrait of Siniapu. Sinhalese boy from Matura, Sri Lanka.
Portrait of Siniapu. Sinhalese boy from Matura, southern coast of Sri Lanka in 1867. By Baron Eugène de Ransonnet.
Shah Shuja as Emir of Afghanistan
Shah Shuja was Shah of Afghanistan from 1803 to 1809 and during the First British-Afghan War from 1839 to 1842.
Dost Mohammad Khan. Ruler of Afghanistan.
Dost Mahommed King of Caubul and his youngest son by James Rattray (1848) Dost Mohammed (Moghul Khan) 1793-1863 was from 1826 to 1840 and from 1843 until his death, ruler of… Read More
The Milkmaid by Bireshwar Sen
The Milkmaid. Watercolour by Bireshwar Sen (1899-1974)
Drawings by Abanindranath Tagore. Princess Lotus.
Drawings by Abanindranath Tagore. Princess Lotus, In the dark night, Buddha and Sujata.
Traditional Bulgarian Costume 1843.
Traditional Bulgarian Costume 1843. Traditional Bulgarian national costume. Ottoman Empire. Costume Traditionnel Bulgare. Gallery: Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world, based on authentic documents and and newer travel by Auguste… Read More