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Artist - Japan, 1872
Sepia photograph colored with blue shades representing a standing half-naked Japanese man holding a brush and a small piece of paper, with an album behind his legs. He is photographed against a plain background. The photograph is placed in the center of an album page decorated with a gold-leaf frame, colorful dots, and an inscription.
A Japanese man stands against a studio backdrop holding a small brush and a piece of paper. He is wearing glasses, some kind of mesh vest, a loincloth or small waist wrap, tabi [special socks], and thong sandals. Portions of the image have been hand tinted in shades of blue. | Inscription: "Our artist" in ink in block letters by Charles Longfellow. | Notes: 1871-1873 as given in inscription for first item in album. This photograph, identified as Felice Beato's, appeared in Italo Zannier's "Verso Oriente" (Florence, 1986).
Archives Number: 1008.2/1.1-4#33
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Charles Appleton Longfellow Photographs (1008.002), (LONG-Subcollection)
, Photograph Albums (1008.002/001), (LONG-SeriesName)
, East Asia (1008.002/001.001), (LONG-SubseriesName)
, Longfellow - san's album, Felice Beato Photographs (1008.002/001.001-004), (LONG-FileUnitName)
, Photograph Albums (1008.002/001), (LONG-SeriesName)
, East Asia (1008.002/001.001), (LONG-SubseriesName)
, Longfellow - san's album, Felice Beato Photographs (1008.002/001.001-004), (LONG-FileUnitName)
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
NPS Museum Number Catalog : LONG 27888
Title: Finding Aid to the Charles Appleton Longfellow (1844-1893) Papers, 1842-1996 (bulk dates: 1862-1891)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#CAL
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#CAL
2021-11-02
01/01/1872 - 12/30/1872
Photograph in Charles Appleton Longfellow Papers, Subcollection II. Photographic Materials, Albums, Albums Related to East Asia. (1008.002/001.001)
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Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov
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