Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Photograph of Japanese Officer

Summary

Collection ID:
FSA.A2002.05
Creators:
Sachtler, August
Dates:
1861
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Print
albumen
image 19.3 x 14.4 cm., mounted 26.8 x 21 cm.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
One sepia monochrome albumen print take from a wet collodion glass plate negative, 20 x 15 cm., by August Sachtler (act. ca. 1860). Captioned "Japanese Officer" in pencil in the lower left margin. On the verso the inscription "Colonol Mann C.B. Royal Engineers" has been written in pencil. Image depicts a seated samurai, dressed in traditional clothing and holding two swords

Arrangement

Arrangement
One flat box.

Administration

Custodial History
Purchase, 2002.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Preferred Citation
Photograph of Japanese Officer. FSA.A2002.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
FSA A2002.05


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Samurai Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yokohama-shi (Japan) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Portraits -- Men Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Japan -- Kanagawa prefecture -- Yokohama Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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