Caption

Portrait of three unknown Chinese men in theater costumes, Chinese theatrical, photograph, page, China, c. 1884 - in or before 1894, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 102 mm x width 144 mm, stage costume, A sepia-toned photograph mounted on paper shows three people in ornate traditional costumes and headdresses posed around two small wooden stools; the person on the left stands with one arm raised holding a circular prop and wears a long embroidered robe and a tall decorated headpiece with a long feather, the middle person sits slightly hunched with a long false beard and a patterned robe and headpiece, and the person on the right stands with one arm extended and wears a richly decorated robe, an elaborate floral headpiece, and holds several banners behind them; a decorative printed border surrounds the photograph on the mounting.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A79_148

License type

Rights managed

Available size

20.7Mb (3.8Mb) / 10.7in x 7.5in / 3197 x 2259 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait three unknown Chinese men theater costumes Chinese theatrical photograph page China c 1884 - 1894 photographer paper albumen print height 102 mm x width 144 mm stage costume sepia-toned mounted three people ornate traditional costumes headdresses posed two small wooden stools person left stands arm raised holding circular prop wears long embroidered robe tall decorated headpiece long feather middle person sits slightly hunched long false beard patterned robe right stands arm extended richly elaborate floral headpiece holds several banners them decorative printed border surrounds mounting