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An embroiderer (LOC)

An embroiderer

 

[ca. 1890]

 

1 photographic print : albumen, hand-colored with watercolor ; 20.7 x 27 cm (image), 30.6 x 39 cm (mount)

 

Notes:

Photograph shows a male manager overseeing five young women embroidering parasols. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict a waterfront scene in the upper right and a woman carrying a basket in the lower left.

Title from item.

No. K22.

Illus. in album: Japanese people and views, K22.

 

Subjects:

Umbrellas--Japan--1880-1900.

Embroidery--Japan--1880-1900.

Men--Employment--Japan--1880-1900.

Women--Employment--Japan--1880-1900.

Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1880-1900.

 

Format: Remarques--Hand-colored--1880-1900.

Watercolors--Color--1880-1900.

Albumen prints--Hand-colored--1880-1900.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication in the U.S. Use elsewhere may be restricted by other countries' laws. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g14289

 

Call Number: LOT 9648 [item]

 

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Uploaded on October 2, 2020
Taken sometime in 1890