Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan

Summary

Collection ID:
FSA.A1999.35
Creators:
Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
Rosin, Nancy
Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
Underwood & Underwood
Dates:
1860 - ca. 1900
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
616 Items
approximate count
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Assembled by collectors Dr. Henry D. Rosin and Nancy Rosin to document nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century photography of Japan. Includes albumen prints, portions handcolored, some signed and numbered in the negative. Taken by photographers Felice Beato (b. ca. 1825), Baron Raimon von Stillfried (1938-1911), Kusakabe Kimbei (active 1880s), Ueno Hikoma (1838-1904), Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929) and unknown photographers to depict architecture, landscapes, formal studio portraits, and daily activities.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Organized chronologically by the creators.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Henry and Nancy Rosin were collectors of Japanese photography of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Citation
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
FSA A1999.35


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